Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Sleep of Reason
1. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Favorite Books of 2025 MJ Franklin
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
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Lateness of Dancers Hiss Golden Messenger
Yr Dead Sam Sax
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The French Press Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach

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