Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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1. Top Ten Films of 2021: Mary Beth McAndrews: RogerEbert.com
2. The Best Films of 2021: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
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
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

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

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