Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
The Post Steven Spielberg
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Succession
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
Roma Alfonso Cuaron

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