Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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by Courtney Stephens

Lists

The Best Films of 2025: Richard Brody: New Yorker
Best Films of 2025: In Review Online
Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey

The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Max Cea: Esquire

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Shock Test…A Night of Truth: Bill Hicks & Timothy McVeigh Meet at Waco w/ Guest Lecturers: William Cooper & Ted Kaczynski Sean Kilpatrick
Getting Killed Geese
555/666/777 Los Angeles
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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