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
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2025
Top 50 Albums of 2023
Top 50 Albums of 2022
Top 50 Albums of 2021
Top 50 Albums of 2020
Top 50 Albums of 2012

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Diamond Eyes Deftones
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Oracle Cate Marvin

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