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
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Dan Deacon

Mystic Familiar
1. 50 Best Albums of 2020: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
Gliss Riffer
1. Top 50 Albums of 2015: Consequence
2. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Under the Radar
America
- 50 Favorite Albums of 2012: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Flesh David Szalay
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Dìdi Sean Wang
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
XXX Danny Brown
My Adventures with Superman
Here Bas Devos
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Getting Killed Geese
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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