Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Unseen Forces

by Justin Walter

Lists

Top 100 Albums of 2017: Quietus

Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Tens 2022 Fighting in the War Room
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2022 Elena Lazic · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2022 Cinema Scope
Top Ten Films of 2022 Brian Darr · Senses of Cinema · Senses of Cinema World Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2022 Tomris Laffly · RogerEbert.com
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Illegals Shaun Walker
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Mirage Colony N Chambers
No Matter Jana Prikryl
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
XXX Danny Brown
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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