Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

20 Best Movies of 2015: Bilge Ebiri: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

A Small Light
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
XXX Danny Brown
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
The Glowing Man Swans
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Monkey Man Dev Patel
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Beginners Mike Mills
Elsbeth

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