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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Inorganic Rites
1. Top 50 Albums of 2024: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
Crystalline Exhaustion
1. Top 50 Albums of 2022: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
Mass Cathexis
1. Top 40 Albums of 2020: Decibel
Go Be Forgotten
1. Top 50 Albums of 2017: Sputnikmusic
Ygg Huur
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Spin
Years Past Matter
1. 75 Best Albums of 2012: PopMatters

Trending Lists

Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Top 40 Albums of 2024 Decibel
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2022 Screen Slate
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Sunshine Place
Idlewild Idlewild

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