Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Persian Pillars Of The Gasoline Era
1. Top 50 Albums of 2020: Treble
Remember Your Black Day
1. 100 Albums of 2013: Quietus
Ghosts Of Chechnya
1. 75 Favorite Albums of 2012: Quietus

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

KPop Demon Hunters Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Predators David Osit
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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