Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

8 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Dan Chiasson: New Yorker

Trending Lists

Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Common Side Effects
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
American Prison Shane Bauer
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Lowdown
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Eden Victoria Johnson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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