Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver

Lists

2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Long Story Short
XXX Danny Brown
Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
Colored Television Danzy Senna
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
The Big Bang Theory
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals

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