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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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1. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Frontier Psychiatrist
2. 75 Best Albums of 2012: PopMatters

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Overnighters Jesse Moss
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Heart the Lover Lily King
The Collective Kim Gordon
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland

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