Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2016: Nick Schager: Esquire
Top 50 Films of 2016: IndieWire: IndieWire Poll

Top Ten Films of 2015: Cinema Scope

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Getting Killed Geese
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Magdalene FKA twigs
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
American Prison Shane Bauer
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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