Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
Best Movies of 2025: New York Times: Manohla Dargis
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Lists

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Bleeds Wednesday
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Paradiso XXXI, 108 Kamal Aljafari
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
YU Rosie Lowe
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud

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