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
New Statesman: TV Shows of the Year 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2017: Sputnikmusic

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
TV Shows of the Year 2025 New Statesman
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Brat Charli XCX
Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Selected Poems Of Donald Hall Donald Hall
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Free Form Dizzy Fae
Treats Sleigh Bells
Renaissance Beyoncé
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Gasp Seth Graham

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