Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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by Matthew Zapruder

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The Best Poetry Collections of 2019: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade Of Monsters and Men
Vortex Gaspar Noé
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
False Dawn George Selgin
Ash is Purest White Jia Zhang-ke
Empire of AI Karen Hao
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Stage Four Touché Amoré
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade

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