Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2019
Top 50 Albums of 2018
Top 50 Albums of 2017
Top 50 Albums Of 2016
Top 50 Albums Of 2015
50 Best Albums of 2013
50 Best Albums of 2012
Top 50 Albums of 2011

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Zbig Edward Luce
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Motherland Julia Ioffe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo

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