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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Odes

by Sharon Olds

Lists

11 Best Poetry Books of 2016: BuzzFeed

10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2024 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s Paste
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Forever, episode "Andre and Sarah"
Alpha Julia Ducournau
XXX Danny Brown
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Andor
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Illegals Shaun Walker
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor

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