Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
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Lists

Best Novels of 2025: Electric Lit
Favorite Books of 2025: MJ Franklin
The Best Books of 2025: Constance Grady: Vox
The 15 Best Books of 2025: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 20 Albums of 2025 Spectrum Culture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
More Pulp
Bottoms Emma Seligman
Iconoclasts Anna von Hausswolff
Parasomnia Dream Theater
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Flashlight Susan Choi
Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Foretold
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler

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