Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NPR: Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Portugal. The Man

Evil Friends
1. 20 Best Albums of 2013: Antiquiet
In the Mountain in the Cloud

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2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Looper Rian Johnson
Only Dust Remains Backxwash
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Honey Andrea Arnold
Babes Pamela Adlon
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Boom Town Sam Anderson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Lights Out
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Mirage Colony N Chambers

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