Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Abul Mogard

Above All Dreams
1. Top Ten Albums of 2018: Clémence Polès Farhang
Works
- 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones
Circular Forms
- 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Angel Down Daniel Kraus
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito
Past Lives Celine Song
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology Willie Dunn
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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