Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Ten Best Albums of 2018: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Diamond Eyes Deftones
The Sunshine Place
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Boom Town Sam Anderson
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker

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