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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

100 Notable Books of 2022: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Weapons Zach Cregger
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Resurrection Bi Gan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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