Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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2025 Albums of the Year
Albums of the Year 2023
Albums of 2022
Best Albums of 2021
Albums of 2020
16 Albums That Shaped 2016
Albums of 2011

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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