Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2024: The Wire

Trending Lists

2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sly Thom Zimny
Oracle Cate Marvin
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Sunshine Place
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones

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