Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 50 Best Movies of 2021: Paste
The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

Best Films of 2021: Lovia Gyarkye: Hollywood Reporter
My Top 10 Movies of 2021: Maureen Ryan

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The History of Sound Oliver Hermanus
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Predators David Osit
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Resurrection Bi Gan
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon

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