Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano
The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
The Best Books of 2025: New Yorker
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The Rise & the Fall

by The Rural Alberta Advantage

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The 30 Best Albums of 2023: Independent

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
2025 Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Bleeds Wednesday
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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