Year-End Lists

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

10 Best Films of 2011: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hi Texas
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
I Swear Kirk Jones
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
American Crime Story

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