Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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50 Best Albums of 2017: Fact

Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
Sly Thom Zimny
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Oracle Cate Marvin
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
The Sunshine Place
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate

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