Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade: A.A. Dowd

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Suspicious Minds
U R HERE Honesty
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
XXX Danny Brown
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
A Seat at the Table Solange
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Be the Cowboy Mitski

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