Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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Top 20 Albums of 2019: Spectrum Culture

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
Alpha Julia Ducournau
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
XXX Danny Brown
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie

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