Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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by Shintaro Sakamoto

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2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
Making Obama
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Long Story Short
Boom Town Sam Anderson
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
XXX Danny Brown
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane

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