Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Vox
The Very Best Books of 2023 Vox
16 Best Books of 2022 Vox
The 15 Best Books of 2020 Vox
The Best Books I Read in 2019 Vox

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Southernmost Leo Boix
Ruth Kate Riley
lode Gillian Allnutt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke

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