Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: Top 26 Films of 2017
Sight & Sound: Best Films of 2018
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma
1. 83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib
2. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Rolling Stone
Arcade
1. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Pigeons & Planes

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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