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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Reflection

by Brian Eno

Appears on two lists

31 Top 50 Albums of 2017: Q

Top 12 Albums of 2017: Bob Boilen: NPR: NPR Music Honorable mention

Trending Lists

Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
20 Best Films of 2014 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 12 Films of 2014 Michael Sicinski
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2014 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky · A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2014 Reverse Shot
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
Top 30 Movies of 2014 Wesley Morris · Grantland
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Luna, Phoenix, Queen Julie Orringer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade
12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
Men Without Women Haruki Murakami
Somebody Somewhere
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Fire Island Jack Parlett
White Bronco Action Bronson
A World Appears Michael Pollan
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
No Home Movie Chantal Akerman
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