Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Bring the House Down

by Charlotte Runcie

Lists

Best Books of 2025: Martin Chilton: Independent

50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025: Washington Post

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Vida
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Thresholder Ian William Craig
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor

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