Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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A Matter of Time
1. The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
Bewitched
Everything I Know About Love
1. 51 Best Albums of 2022: Gigwise
- The Best Albums of 2022: Vinyl Me, Please

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Sunshine Place
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sly Thom Zimny

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