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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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In Darkness – Agnieszka Holland
- Top 25 Narrative Films of 2012: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Magdalene FKA twigs
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
American Prison Shane Bauer
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Getting Killed Geese

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