Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Catherine Barnett

Lists

Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012: Coldfront

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Neither Heaven Nor Earth Clément Cogitore
Contra Vampire Weekend
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Frontrunner Frontperson
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga

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