Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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I Want The Door To Open
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Our Culture
The Lamb
1. Top 100 Albums of 2018: Under the Radar
The Lamb ("Destroyer")
1. Best Music of 2018: Sasha Geffen: Artforum

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Antidote Karen Russell
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Flesh David Szalay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
XXX Danny Brown
Audition Katie Kitamura
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
House of Huawei Eva Dou
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar

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