Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Daniel Lombroso

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The 25 Best Movies of 2020: Alissa Wilkinson: Vox

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Resurrection Bi Gan
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
King of Kings Scott Anderson
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Zbig Edward Luce
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Director Daniel Kehlmann

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