Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
The Best Books of 2025: Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
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St. Catherine
1. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2015
The Flower Lane
1. Albums of the Year 2013: Crack Magazine
Ducktails III
1. Top 50 Albums of 2011: Austin Town Hall

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow

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