Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Hex
1. Favorite Albums of 2024: Grace Robins-Somerville
Destiny
Bewitched!
1. Albums of 2022: Gorilla vs. Bear
The Makin' Magick II Album
1. Albums of 2021: Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Tens 2025 Fighting in the War Room
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Liars Sarah Manguso
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Oracle Cate Marvin
Sly Thom Zimny
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Clean Slate
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
The Sunshine Place

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