Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Films of 2022: Peter Labuza
The 50 Best Movies of 2022: Paste

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant

Trending Works

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Motherland Julia Ioffe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Zbig Edward Luce
Resurrection Bi Gan

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