Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Top 50 Releases of 2017: The Alternative

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Predators David Osit
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Brat Charli XCX
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Operation Avalanche Matt Johnson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Evolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Goat Girl Goat Girl
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Surface Noise Judiciary
Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage
Urchin Harris Dickinson

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