Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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2025: Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
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75 Best Albums of 2012: PopMatters

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Bleeds Wednesday
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
YU Rosie Lowe
Getting Killed Geese

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