Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Andrzej Zulawski

That Most Important Thing: Love
1. Favorite Films of 2017: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader
Cosmos
Possession (1981)
1. 20 Favorite Films of 2012: Ben Sachs: Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Special Lizzo
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
The Beast Bertrand Bonello

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