Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Everything Everywhere All at Once
Swiss Army Man
- Top Ten Films of 2016: Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com

Trending Lists

Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Liars Sarah Manguso
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
The Sunshine Place
Sly Thom Zimny
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story

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