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
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
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memoryland
1. Best Albums of 2021: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
Night Bus 4 : Memory of Night Bus
1. Favorite Albums of 2019: Gorilla vs. Bear
On Vacation
1. 60 Favorite Albums of 2016: Gorilla vs. Bear
Outside
1. 40 Favorite Albums of 2013: Gorilla vs. Bear
Exercises
1. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Common Side Effects
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Black Box
Long Story Short
Second Comin’ Korallreven
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Adults
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg

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