Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
NPR: Best Albums of 2025
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In and Out of the Light

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Lists

Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lights Out
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
Pain to Power Maruja
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
Babes Pamela Adlon
Looper Rian Johnson
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Horse Money Pedro Costa

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