Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound
The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
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Lists

70 Best Albums of 2017: AllMusic

Trending Lists

2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
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 Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Bleeds Wednesday
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Getting Killed Geese
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Boom Town Sam Anderson
YU Rosie Lowe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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