Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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60 Best Albums of 2017: PopMatters

Trending Lists

Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW

Trending Works

Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Devil's Plan
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Paradiso XXXI, 108 Kamal Aljafari
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Diamond Eyes Deftones

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