Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Indignation
- 20 Best Movies of 2016: David Edelstein: New York: Vulture
- Top Ten Films of 2016: Seongyong Cho: RogerEbert.com

Trending Lists

Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Pillion Harry Lighton
Boom Town Sam Anderson
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
American Eden Victoria Johnson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer

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