Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Ulrika Spacek

Compact Trauma
- The 60 Best Albums of 2023: Josh Terry
Modern English Decoration
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2017: Far Out
2. The Top 100 Albums of 2017: Crack Magazine

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Lux Rosalía
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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