Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Best Albums of 2025
Best Albums of 2023
Top 50 Albums of 2022
Top 20 Albums of 2021
Top 30 Albums of 2020
Top 20 Albums of 2019
Top 10 Albums of 2018
Top 10 Albums of 2017

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
The Sunshine Place
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate

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