Year-End Lists

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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New Statesman: TV Shows of the Year 2025

02 January 2026

Pluribus

New Statesman: TV Shows of the Year 2025

Severance
Amandaland
The White Lotus
Adolescence
I, Jack Wright
Mountainhead
Black Rabbit
Down Cemetery Road
Pluribus
The Death of Bunny Munro

Trending Lists

Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Lowdown
Common Side Effects
American Prison Shane Bauer

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