Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Best Music of 2021: Chris Richards: Washington Post

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Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Top Ten Films of 2025 Tasha Robinson · The Next Picture Show
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

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How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
XXX Danny Brown
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Long Story Short
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Happyend Neo Sora
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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