Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
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1. 10 Best Albums of 2022: Kitty Empire: Observer
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- Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade
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- 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Familiar Touch Sarah Friedland
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Familiars The Antlers
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Palomino First Aid Kit
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Weapons Zach Cregger
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
We’re All Gonna Die Dawes
I Loved You at Your Darkest Behemoth
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke

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