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
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Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2020: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann
Azor Andreas Fontana
Mrs. Fletcher
The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Fleabag
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh
A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) Les Blank
Songs from the North Soon-Mi Yoo
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Manifesto Bernardine Evaristo
The Forgotten Space Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Francofonia Aleksandr Sokurov

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