Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best Movies of 2022: Richard Brody: New Yorker

The 25 Best Films of 2022: Slant

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Stillness in Wonderland Little Simz
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Bo Burnham: Inside Bo Burnham
Boom Town Sam Anderson
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Resurrection Bi Gan

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