Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Albums of 2025
A.V. Club: 25 Best Films of 2025
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Top 25 Albums of 2012: BBC: BBC Music
50 Best Albums of 2012: NME

50 Best Albums of 2012: Q

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Movies of 2020 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 Annabel Gutterman · Time
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The Best Albums of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Grey Album Kevin Young
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
An Oral History of Atlantis Ed Park
Essex Honey Blood Orange
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Tomboy Céline Sciamma
Jeune Cinéma Yves-Marie Mahé
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Kingdom: Ashin of the North Kim Seong-hun
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
Live Forever Bartees Strange
Half Living Things Alpha Wolf

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