Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Best TV Shows of 2025: Kelly Lawler: USA Today
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025: RogerEbert.com

Best TV Shows of 2025: James Poniewozik: New York Times
Best TV Shows of 2025: Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times
14 Best TV Shows of 2025: Atlantic

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
Nope Jordan Peele
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Fear of a Black Universe Stephon Alexander
(II) Crystal Castles
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Eddington Ari Aster
Passin’ Thru Charles Lloyd New Quartet

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