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
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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1. Best Albums of 2025: Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Commonwealth
1. Top 25 Albums of 2014: Magnet
The Double Cross
1. Top Albums of 2011: Thomas Conner: Chicago Sun-Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best TV Shows of 2023 Judy Berman · Time

Trending Works

The Sunshine Place
Clean Slate
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Idlewild Idlewild
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sly Thom Zimny
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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