Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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L'Ère du Verseau

by Yelle

Lists

Our Top 100 Albums of 2020: Les Inrocks

Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
In the Dark
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Beginners Mike Mills
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Holy Hell Architects
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore

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