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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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1. The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Cometh The Storm High On Fire
Get Out Jordan Peele
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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