Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Morgan Talty

Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2024: Annabel Gutterman: Time

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
The Best Books of 2024: Economist
12 Novels That NPR Critics and Staff Were Excited to Share with You in 2024: NPR
The 44 Best Books of 2024: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Barry
Your Honor
Enoch GoldLink
Balloonerism Mac Miller
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
The Spin Messa
I'm Thinking of Ending Things Charlie Kaufman
The Sisters Brothers Jacques Audiard
Couples Therapy
Influencers Kurtis David Harder
The Sum of Us Heather McGhee
XXX Danny Brown

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