Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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50 Best Albums of 2016: Entertainment Weekly

Top Albums of 2016: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
XXX Danny Brown
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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