Year-End Lists

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Ten of the Best Albums Released by Queer and Trans Artists in 2021: Abeni Jones: Autostraddle
Albums of 2021: Dork

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Pillion Harry Lighton
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
hexed! aya
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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