Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2018: The Alternative

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

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Personal Shopper Olivier Assayas
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
The Five-Year Engagement Nicholas Stoller
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno Abdellatif Kechiche
Kinds of Kindness Yorgos Lanthimos
XXX Danny Brown
Black Metal Dean Blunt
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Madame Zero Sarah Hall
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Handmaiden Park Chan-wook
Festin Boréal Robert Morin

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