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
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2019
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2024
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Lists

Best Albums of 2025
Best Albums of 2024
Best Albums of 2023
Best Albums of 2018
Best Albums of 2017

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2019 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Play Ruben Östlund
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Washington Black Esi Edugyan
Below the Clouds Gianfranco Rosi
I Only Rest in the Storm Pedro Pinho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Good Valley Stories José Luis Guerín
Egypt Station Paul McCartney
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
The Smashing Machine Benny Safdie
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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