Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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10 Best Movies of 2024: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Keeping a Record of It Lonnie Holley
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Mitchells vs. the Machines Mike Rianda
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Mudbound Dee Rees
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Kids See Ghosts Kids See Ghosts
X Ti West
Chain of Light Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party

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