Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018: No Depression

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Ten Best Films of 2025 RogerEbert.com
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
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
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Sinners Ryan Coogler
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace Adam Curtis
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Weapons Zach Cregger
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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