Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Odie Henderson: Boston Globe: 10 Best Movies of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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1. Eight of the Best Queer Albums of 2022: Julie Gentile: Autostraddle
2. Albums of 2022: Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Special Lizzo
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Weapons Zach Cregger

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