Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2024
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Noel Murray: Movies: 2021

The 10 (or 11) Best Documentaries of 2021 Noel Murray · Polygon
The Best Films of 2021 Noel Murray · A.V. Club

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2024 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Paradise Slow Club
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Punisher Phoebe Bridgers
Father's Wing Rob Mazurek Quartet
Predators David Osit
Revealer Madison Cunningham
Blackstar David Bowie
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Ambulance Michael Bay
Digital Garbage Mudhoney
What You Want Maureen N. McLane

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