Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Wire
Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025: Ryan Swen
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1. The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2019
2. Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2019
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1. Clash: Top Albums of 2013

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall

Trending Works

Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
Babygirl Halina Reijn
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Weapons Zach Cregger
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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