Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Films of 2025
Top 50 Films of 2024
Top 50 Films of 2023
Top 50 Films of 2022
Top 50 Films of 2021
Top 50 Films of 2018
Top 10 Films of 2017 Willow Maclay
Top 50 Films of 2017

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Francesca David Murray Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Liars Sarah Manguso
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Idlewild Idlewild
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Clean Slate
Oracle Cate Marvin
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Sly Thom Zimny

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