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
Lauren Passell: Lifehacker: The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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2018's Best Albums: Resident Advisor

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
Beginners Mike Mills
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand
Spotlight: Snitch City
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
Holy Hell Architects

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