Year-End Lists

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lightbreakers
- The 35 Best Books of 2025: Adam Morgan: Esquire
The Ensemble
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2011 Cokemachineglow
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
The Spin Messa
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
Balloonerism Mac Miller
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker

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