Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Birth of a Nation
1. 35 Best Movies of 2016: Richard Brody: New Yorker
- 35 Best Movies of 2016: Christopher Orr: Atlantic

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 15 Films of 2013 Matt Singer · The Dissolve
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Black Box
Dry Leaf Aleksandre Koberidze
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Common Side Effects
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Bad Mexican, Bad American José Hernández Díaz
XXX Danny Brown
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Adults
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski

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