Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
XXX Danny Brown
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami

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