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
Adrian Martin: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2016
Cokemachineglow: 10 Albums We Loved Most in 2014
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The New York Times: Books: 2020

The 10 Best Books of 2020 New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2020 New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2014 Roger Koza · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2014 New York Times
Books of the Year 2011 Benjamin Schwarz · Atlantic
Best Films of 2015 Robert Koehler · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Albums of 2011 DIY
10 Albums We Loved Most in 2014 Cokemachineglow
Best Films of 2015 Denis Côté · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Year in Film 2011 A.V. Club
Best Films of 2016 Adrian Martin · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Strange Weekend Porcelain Raft
A Ghost of Caribou Alice Henderson
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Collapse Aphex Twin
As You Were Liam Gallagher
Electric Light James Bay
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Sugar & Spice Hatchie
Pictures of Ghosts Kleber Mendonça Filho
new alhambra elvis depressedly
Islah Kevin Gates
Weapons Zach Cregger

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