Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2018: Paste

Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub
2018 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness
100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Weapons Zach Cregger
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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