Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
IndieWire: Top 50 Films of 2015
Little White Lies: The 30 Best Films of 2025
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by Parker Millsap

Appears on two lists

Best Albums of 2018: Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018: No Depression

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The Best TV Of 2025 With Lesbian, Queer Women and Trans Characters Autostraddle
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Poetry Books of 2025 New York Public Library
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of the 2010s Lena Wilson · Seventh Row · Seventh Row Critics Survey
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Alternative
The 30 Best Films of 2025 Little White Lies

Trending Works

Kontinental '25 Radu Jude
Veteran JPEGMAFIA
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Death Styles Joyelle McSweeney
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Consequence Thomas Heise
Dry Leaf Aleksandre Koberidze
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Americans
A Most Wanted Man Anton Corbijn
A Laughing Death in Meatspace Tropical Fuck Storm
Pink Friday 2 Nicki Minaj

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