Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NPR Music: Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Ulrike Ottinger

Paris Calligrammes
Chamisso’s Shadow
- 4 13 Best Films of 2017: Erika Balsom: Artforum
Freak Orlando
- 4 13 Best Films of 2017: Erika Balsom: Artforum

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Films of 2014 Slant

Trending Works

Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
Hata Unacheza: Sub-Saharan Acoustic Guitar & String Music, ca. 1960s various artists
The Open Book Sessions Ronica & The Blazing Stars
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
From the Heart, It’s a Start, a Work of Art Shinichi Atobe
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
I Saw the TV Glow Jane Schoenbrun
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Last Days of Budapest Adam LeBor
Communion Park Jiha

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