Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s: Spin

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant

Trending Works

Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
XXX Danny Brown
Sticker NCT 127
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Making Obama
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Vice Principals
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Goal/Tender Meat/Tender Paul Cunningham

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