Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Paste: 50 Best Albums of 2011
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Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones

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50 Best Albums of 2011 Paste
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 18 Best Novels of 2024 Sunday Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2012 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian

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Brat Charli XCX
No Exit Damien Power
Andor
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
Alpha Julia Ducournau
TransAtlantic Colum McCann
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Questlove
XXX Danny Brown
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Mines Menomena
Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau

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