Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best 50 Albums of 2025: Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop

The Best Albums of 2025: Craig Jenkins: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Get Out Jordan Peele
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Vibe Killer Endless Boogie
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Time Garrett Bradley

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