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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Ecology of Fear

Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

by Mike Davis

Lists

The Year 2025 in Ten Books: Verso Books

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2014 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Films of 2012 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
Glory Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov
Bangarang Skrillex
Sub-Lingual Tablet The Fall
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Lurker Alex Russell
Eels Being Dead
Room 25 Noname
Suspicious Minds
How to Say Babylon Safiya Sinclair
Transangelic Exodus Ezra Furman
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
XXX Danny Brown
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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