Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Declaration of War [La guerre es déclarée]
1. 20 Best Films of 2011: Les Inrocks
2. The Best Films of 2012: Keith Phipps: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air

Trending Works

Paper Girl Beth Macy
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
A Seat at the Table Solange
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
XXX Danny Brown
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
U R HERE Honesty
Suspicious Minds

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