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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Malcolm Washington

Lists

Best Movies of 2024: Brian Truitt: USA Today
The 22 Best Movies of 2024: Richard Lawson: Vanity Fair
The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Paste
100 Favorite Movies of 2024: Sean Fennessey

The Best Movies of 2024: Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal
Favorite Movies of 2024: Barack Obama
The 10 Best Movies of 2024: Entertainment Weekly
Top Ten Films of 2024: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
The Best Movies of 2024: W

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Addison Addison Rae
Evil
Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Wet Leg Wet Leg
King's Disease II Nas
Parasomnia Dream Theater
More Pulp
Tom's Crossing Mark Z. Danielewski
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Brat Charli XCX
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Car Arctic Monkeys
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Dear Scott Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

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