Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Michael Sicinski: Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Spotlight: Snitch City
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Pluribus
Embedded: Alternate Realities
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Resurrection Bi Gan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Snap Judgment: A Tiny Plot
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Deep Water Adrian Lyne

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