Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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My Favorite Movies of 2020: Sean Fennessey

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Pain to Power Maruja
Babes Pamela Adlon
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Lights Out
Looper Rian Johnson
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
The Mill and the Cross Lech Majewski

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