Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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by Caitlyn Smith

Lists

The Best Albums of 2023: Atwood Magazine

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

False Lankum Lankum
Devotional The Lord † Petra Haden
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky
Luminescent Creatures Ichiko Aoba
No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Boom Town Sam Anderson
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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