Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Top Ten Films of 2025 Fighting in the War Room
The Best Movies of 2024 Polygon
The Best Movies of 2023 Polygon
The Best Movies of 2022 Polygon
Top Ten Films of 2021 Fighting in the War Room
Top Ten Films of 2020 Fighting in the War Room
The Best Movies of the 2010s Decade Polygon
The Best Movies of 2019 Polygon
Top Ten Films of 2018 Fighting in the War Room
Top Ten Films of 2017 Fighting in the War Room
Top Films of 2016 Fighting in the War Room
Top Ten Films of 2015 Fighting in the War Room
Top Ten Films of 2014 Fighting in the War Room
The Top 10 Films of 2013 Fighting in the War Room

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

American Prison Shane Bauer
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
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