Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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New Hymn to Freedom

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Lists

Albums of the Year 2018: Quietus

Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Sinners Ryan Coogler
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Resurrection Bi Gan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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