Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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50 Best Albums of 2011: Spin
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The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2020 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2022 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Records of 2024 Resident Advisor
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety

Trending Works

Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Onania Club Tom Six
Tomboy Céline Sciamma
Essex Honey Blood Orange
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
Melancholia Lars von Trier
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Half Living Things Alpha Wolf
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
Live Forever Bartees Strange
RUDEBWOY CJ Fly
American Scary Jeremy Dauber
An Oral History of Atlantis Ed Park

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