Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Leesa Cross-Smith

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Best Books of 2018: Entropy

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Weapons Zach Cregger
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier

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