Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

The Best Films of 2021 A.V. Club
The Best Films of 2020 A.V. Club
The Best Films of 2019 A.V. Club
Top 15 Films of 2018 A.V. Club
25 Best Films of 2017

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Getting Killed Geese
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut

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