Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
The 15 Best Films of 2025: USA Today: Cory Woodroof
2025: Dylan Thomas Prize
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Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Bleeds Wednesday
At Certain Points We Touch Lauren John Joseph
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
YU Rosie Lowe
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Getting Killed Geese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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