Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Lists

Top Ten Films of 2021: Mary Beth McAndrews: RogerEbert.com
The Best Films of 2021: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
On Falling Laura Carreira
Getting Killed Geese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut

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