Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
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1. Top 40 Albums of 2021: Decibel
Where Owls Know My Name
1. The 66 Best Metal Albums of the 2010s: Loudwire

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

PC Music x DISown Radio PC Music
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Strange Hearts Secret Cities
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Southernmost Leo Boix
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Jen Cloher Jen Cloher
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Poems of Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue

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