Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

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Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
The Sunshine Place
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sly Thom Zimny
Oracle Cate Marvin
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Liars Sarah Manguso
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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