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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024
L Magazine: 25 Best Films of 2012
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Ashes

by Steve McQueen

Appears on two lists

10 Best Films of 2015: James Quandt: Artforum

15 Favorite Films of 2016: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
25 Best Films of 2012 L Magazine
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Florence Gordon Brian Morton
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
You Private Person Richard Chiem
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Robert Ellis Robert Ellis
Trágame Tierra Big Black Delta
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Getting Killed Geese
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Amandaland
There’s A Nightclub Inside My Head Boston Bun
The Lost Man Jane Harper
The Americans

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