Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Nell Freudenberger

The Limits
- The Best Books of 2024: Vogue
Lost and Wanted
- The Best Novels of 2019: Vogue
- Favorite Books of 2019: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Colored Television Danzy Senna
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
XXX Danny Brown
The Big Bang Theory
Revenge Coralie Fargeat
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Long Story Short
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals

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