Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Consequence: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound Poll: Ten Best Films of 2020
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by José Hernández Díaz

Lists

Best Poetry Collections of 2024: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Pareles · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Stranger Things
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Not Here/Not Now Swans
In the Summers Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
The Terrorizers Edward Yang
The Forgotten Space Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
Doga Juana Molina
Fleabag
365 Stories I Want To Tell You Before We Both Die Caveh Zahedi

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