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
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Yardbarker
2. The 80 Best Albums of 2023: PopMatters

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Weapons Zach Cregger
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Pillion Harry Lighton
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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