Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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No Hero
1. Albums of the Year for 2024: God Is In The TV
2. Top 100 Albums of 2024: Under the Radar
Maximum Sorrow!
1. Top 100 Albums of 2021: Under the Radar

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Zbig Edward Luce
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Resurrection Bi Gan
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Motherland Julia Ioffe
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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