Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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by Quentin Dupieux

Lists

Best Films of 2021: John Waters: Artforum

21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair
The Ten Best Films of 2021: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dublin Literary Award
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Border Vista Anni Liu
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Shadows In The Night Bob Dylan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965-1966 Bob Dylan
Path of Totality Niina Pollari
Defiance: Fighting the Far Right
In the Same Light Wong May (translator)
Songbird Waylon Jennings
Fallen Angels Bob Dylan
More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Bob Dylan
All The Poems Stevie Smith
A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam

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