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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
Best Movies of 2021: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2020: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
The Best 10 Movies of 2020: Randy Myers: Mercury News

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
The Seer Swans
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Magdalene FKA twigs

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