Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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James Lapine

Putting It Together
1. 20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily
- 100 Notable Books of 2021: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Films of 2020 James Quandt · Artforum
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them

Trending Works

Still Life Kevin Morby
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
The Heart-Shaped Tin Bee Wilson
Birdeater Jack Clark and Jim Weir
Poog Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
Yon Loader Yon Loader
Swirl Flora Hibberd
The Girlfriends
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
What of Our Nature Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover

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