Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Modern Nature

The Heat Warps
1. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
2. Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar
No Fixed Point In Space
Island Of Noise
1. 75 Best Albums of 2021: Uncut
How to Live
1. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Uncut
2. 75 Best Albums of 2019: Mojo

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Weapons Zach Cregger
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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