Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Brace Up!
1. Top 50 Albums of 2018: The Wire
- Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
XXX Danny Brown
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Lowdown
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Eddington Ari Aster
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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