Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025: Jess Spoll
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025: Jenni Cullen
The Best TV Shows of 2025: Jackson McHenry: New York: Vulture

14 Best TV Shows of 2025: Atlantic

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Poetry of 2019 Library Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Strange Little Cat Ramon Zürcher
Couples Therapy
This Is Country Music Brad Paisley
XXX Danny Brown
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro
Silo
Oncle Jazz Men I Trust
Lonely People with Power Deafheaven
Anora Sean Baker

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