Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Chris Ryan: The Ringer: Top 10 Movies of the 2010s
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Fear: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best Movies of 2025
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7 Directions
1. Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire
2. Albums of the Year 2019: Quietus
The Dark Orchestra
1. Top 50 Albums of 2018: The Wire

Trending Lists

The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Our 20 Favorite Books of 2023 Vanity Fair
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Chris Ryan · The Ringer · The Big Picture
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Songs of Blood and Mire Spectral Wound
Chamber Songs We Hate You Please Die
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Orpheus vs. The Sirens Hermit and the Recluse
MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD: The First 24 Songs Dazy
In the Dark
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Open Water Caleb Azumah Nelson
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper

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