Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Hotel Surrender
- 2021 Albums of the Year: Atwood Magazine
Built on Glass
1. Top 40 Albums of 2014: Clash
2. 100 Best Albums of 2014: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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