Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2021: Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider

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Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Benoit Rouilly
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

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Embedded: Alternate Realities
A Thousand and One A.V. Rockwell
Resurrection Bi Gan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The White Lotus, season 2 Mike White
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Spotlight: Snitch City
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Snap Judgment: A Tiny Plot

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