Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2022: Judy Berman: Time

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80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
XXX Danny Brown
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Lowdown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Northman Robert Eggers
The Galleons Rick Barot
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances

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