Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Top 10 Albums of 2018: Jim Harrington: Mercury News

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Frontrunner Frontperson
hexed! aya
The Pitt
The Grandmaster Wong Kar-Wai
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Getting Killed Geese
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Outrun Nora Fingscheidt
Contra Vampire Weekend
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow

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