Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Favorite Books of 2017: Alex Balk: Awl

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Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
American Crime Story
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hi Texas
I Swear Kirk Jones
Alpha Julia Ducournau
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Face Down in the Garden Tennis

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