Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: Top 26 Films of 2017
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African-American Sound Recordings

Hits of Ash
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
Runway Cremations
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
The Private World Of Correspondence
1. 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023: Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 50 Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Albums of the Year 2025 Clash
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Albums of 2025 KCRW
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Florida Project Sean Baker
Negro Swan Blood Orange
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
From Ground Zero various directors
When They See Us Ava DuVernay
Sinner Get Ready Lingua Ignota
These Summer Storms Sarah MacLean
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
A Quiet Passion Terence Davies
Glow
The Paperboy Lee Daniels
Land of Mine Martin Zandvliet
How to Survive a Plague David France

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