Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 10 Movies of 2012: Jake Coyle: AP
15 Best Films of 2012: Noel Murray: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
La 167 Farruko
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
The Ship Brian Eno
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Brat Charli XCX
Death Farm Carl Hauck
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar

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