Year-End Lists

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The Next Picture Show: Our Top Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Top 40 Albums of 2023: Decibel
30 Best Albums of 2023: Revolver

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Holy Motors Leos Carax
XXX Danny Brown
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai

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