Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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by Ken Pomeroy

Lists

The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler

The Best Music of 2025: Carl Wilson: Slate
Top 10 Albums of 2025: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music
The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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