Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Michael Sicinski: Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025
A.V. Club: 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Handfuls of Night

by Penguin Cafe

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Albums of the Year 2019: Rough Trade

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Screen Slate
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Artificial Paradises Yulene Olaizola
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
Cosmos Andrzej Zulawski
Domino Brian De Palma
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Asking for a Ride White Reaper
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Baronesa Juliana Antunes
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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