Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Scott Tobias: The Reveal: The Best Films of 2025
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Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Slant
The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Scott Tobias · The Reveal
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
GoldenHeart Dawn Richard
The Pitt
2020 Richard Dawson
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook
Dope Thief
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Resurrection Bi Gan
Babygirl Halina Reijn
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook

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