Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

15 Best Novels of 2019: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
Thresholder Ian William Craig
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Shrouds David Cronenberg
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Vida
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor

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