Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
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1. My Favorite Movies of 2020: Sean Fennessey
- Notable Films of 2020: Glenn Kenny
- Favorite Movies of 2020: Barack Obama

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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