Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Paste: The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2021
Town & Country: The 20 Best Books of 2025
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Appears on four lists

Dean's List 2025: Robert Christgau
The Best Albums of 2025: No Ripcord
The Blazing Top 50 Albums Of 2025: Fire Note
Top 100 Albums of 2025: Louder Than War

Trending Lists

The 30 Best TV Shows of 2021 Paste
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Best Black Films of the 2010s Jourdain Searles
The 20 Best Books of 2025 Town & Country
The 100 Best Albums of 2022 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2021 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best TV Shows That Premiered in 2022 The Mary Sue
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
43 Favorite Books of 2025 Lit Hub

Trending Works

Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Rio Corgo Maya Kosa and Sérgio da Costa
Valhalla Dancehall British Sea Power
Hearts I Break Horses
I Decided Big Sean
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
Kingdoms Fort Romeau
Burning Lee Chang-dong
The Rest Boygenius
Shade Grouper
Spaceship Earth Matt Wolf
Georgia Swan Sundelles
Really Love Angel Kristi Williams

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