Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2022
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
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50 Best Albums of 2012: Spin

40 Best Albums of 2012: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 100 Albums of 2018 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2022 Ryan Swen · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2022 Slant

Trending Works

1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Film Socialisme Jean-Luc Godard
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
The House Rabbit of Jesus Green Richard Thomas
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Allies at War Tim Bouverie
Thrust Lidia Yuknavitch
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Visions Grimes

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