Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The Best Films of 2012: Sam Adams: A.V. Club

Top 36 Movies of 2012: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
Best Black Films of the 2010s: Jourdain Searles

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Getting Killed Geese
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
On Falling Laura Carreira
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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