Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
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Morton Feldman Piano
1. Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire
Christian Wolff – Preludes, Variations, Studies and Incidental Music
1. Albums of the Year 2019: Quietus

Trending Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2011 Claire Suddath · Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork

Trending Works

Perfect Days Wim Wenders
A Seat at the Table Solange
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Suspicious Minds
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
XXX Danny Brown
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Mercy Armand Hammer & The Alchemist
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
U R HERE Honesty
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim

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