Year-End Lists

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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1. Top 40 Albums of 2020: Decibel
2. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Treble

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Weapons Zach Cregger
Cartoon Darkness Amyl and The Sniffers
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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