Year-End Lists

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Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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A Poem Is a Naked Person

by Les Blank

Lists

Favorite Films of 2015: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel

Trending Works

Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Suspicious Minds
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
A Seat at the Table Solange
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
XXX Danny Brown
Paper Girl Beth Macy
U R HERE Honesty

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