Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
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1985: The Miracle Year

by Hüsker Dü

Lists

45 Favorite Albums of My 2025: Brad Luen

Our 30 Best Albums of 2025: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2020 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2023 Annabel Gutterman · Time
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2019 Time
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

National Average Big Special
Anora Sean Baker
Mrs. Fletcher
Lucky Hank
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Apothecary Diaries
Reservation Dogs
Stochastic Drift Barker
Gen V
Terry Dactyl Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
The History of Money David McWilliams
Noble

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