Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Apologia
- Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Resurrection Bi Gan
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Zbig Edward Luce
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Motherland Julia Ioffe

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