Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Albums Of The Year 2022: Clash
Top 50 Albums of 2022: Consequence

The Best Albums Of 2022: Uproxx

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Special Lizzo
The Beast Bertrand Bonello

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