Year-End Lists

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Sight & Sound: Top 30 Films of 2016
A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club: The Best Films of 2016
Sight & Sound: Best Films of 2018
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1. Top 25 Rock Albums of 2024: Ultimate Classic Rock

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
Top 20 Films of 2014 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 18 Best TV Shows of 2019 Emily St. James · Vox
Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2011 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2016 A.A. Dowd · A.V. Club
Top 30 Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 51 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2025 Loudwire
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 26 Films of 2017 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2021 Economist
Best Books of 2022 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Edgar Wright
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Zama Lucrecia Martel
Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Caste Isabel Wilkerson
The Dirties Matt Johnson
Get Out Jordan Peele
Tyrel Sebastián Silva
Censor Prano Bailey-Bond
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove

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