Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mike D’Angelo: Top Ten Films of 2025
Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
Karina Longworth: 16 Favorite Movies of 2014
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Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

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The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2025 Mike D’Angelo
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Brendan Menapace · Esquire
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel

Trending Works

Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Jubilee Japanese Breakfast
The Trackless Woods Iris DeMent
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Blackstar David Bowie
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Cowboy Carter Beyoncé
The Year of Hibernation Youth Lagoon
Hotel by the River Hong Sang-soo
Midnight Room Springtime Carnivore
Zola Janicza Bravo
The Thread That Keeps Us Calexico

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