Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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- Top 30 Films of 2012: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register
- 25 Favorite Films of 2012: A.O. Scott: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

Holy Motors Leos Carax
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The BPM Sudan Archives
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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