Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Alex Chilton

Lists

Dean's List 2019: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Flesh David Szalay
XXX Danny Brown
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
Audition Katie Kitamura
The Antidote Karen Russell

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