Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by Ross Lipman

Lists

10 Best Films of 2015: Nicole Brenez: Artforum

Top 15 Movies of 2016: Dana Stevens: Slate
20 Best Films of 2016: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Galleons Rick Barot
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Sinners Ryan Coogler
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Teenage Matt Wolf
XXX Danny Brown
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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