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
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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The 14 Best TV Shows of 2021 Vanity Fair
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2020 Vanity Fair
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2019 Vanity Fair
10 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Vanity Fair
10 Best TV Shows of 2018 Vanity Fair
25 Best TV Shows of 2017 Variety
20 Best TV Shows of 2016 Variety
Best TV of 2015 Salon

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sly Thom Zimny
Oracle Cate Marvin
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Francesca David Murray Quartet
The Sunshine Place
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Liars Sarah Manguso
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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