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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2016: American Songwriter

10 Favorite Albums of 2016: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
25 Best Albums of the 2010s Revolver
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 100 Albums of 2013 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
26 Best Films of 2011 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2011 Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Works

The Tiger’s Wife Téa Obreht
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
McCartney: A Life in Lyrics
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen
Presence Steven Soderbergh
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Run the Jewels Run the Jewels
Moneyball Bennett Miller
Impersonator Majical Cloudz

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