Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Western Valeska Grisebach
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Eric Appel
American Crime Story
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Renaissance Beyoncé

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