Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Herman Koch

The Dinner
- 11 Best Books of 2012: Economist

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Liars Sarah Manguso
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Idlewild Idlewild

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