Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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A.V. Club: 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Kevin Drumm

If Tomorrow Gets Here
- Favorite Music of 2025: Dennis Cooper
June Spill
- Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Screen Slate
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Nothing to See Here Kevin Wilson
Harsh Reality: The Story of Miriam Rivera
The Lyrics Paul McCartney
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Artificial Paradises Yulene Olaizola
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Carancho Pablo Trapero
Baronesa Juliana Antunes
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Cosmos Andrzej Zulawski
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Asking for a Ride White Reaper

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