Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Best TV Shows of 2023: Aramide Tinubu: Variety
The Best TV Shows of 2023: Vogue
Top TV of 2023: Alicia Rancilio: San Francisco Chronicle
The 23 Best TV Shows of 2023: Daily Beast

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Weapons Zach Cregger
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee

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