Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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by Joe Swanberg

Lists

Top 15 Films of 2014: Nathan Rabin: The Dissolve

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
U R HERE Honesty
A Seat at the Table Solange
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Be the Cowboy Mitski
XXX Danny Brown
Suspicious Minds
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates

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