Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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The 10 Best Movies of 2024 Peter Travers
The 10 Best Movies of 2023 Peter Travers
The 10 Best Movies of 2022 Peter Travers
10 Best Movies of 2021 Peter Travers
10 Best Movies of 2020 Peter Travers

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Let's Rock The Black Keys
Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
hexed! aya
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Middle Jesse Welles
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Text Me When You Get Home Kayleen Schaefer
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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