Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg
Visions Grimes
WTF with Marc Maron Marc Maron
The Big Bang Theory
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Long Story Short
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Colored Television Danzy Senna
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh

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