Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Loneliest Whale: The Search for 52

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Top 20 Movies of 2021: Bilge Ebiri: Slate: Movie Club

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2019 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2023 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s Paste

Trending Works

Lux Rosalía
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
Good Valley Stories José Luis Guerín
The Smashing Machine Benny Safdie
Below the Clouds Gianfranco Rosi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sorry We Missed You Ken Loach
Approaching the Elephant Amanda Wilder
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Eno Gary Hustwit
Getting Killed Geese
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Play Ruben Östlund

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