Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Blackbirds
- The Best Albums of 2020: Chris Willman: Variety
Things Have Changed
- Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018: No Depression
Thankful ‘N’ Thoughtful
1. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Paste

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 100 Albums of 2011 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Weekend Andrew Haigh
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
God Save The Gun Militarie Gun
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
The Lowdown
(III) Crystal Castles
The Antidote Karen Russell
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Cleanness Garth Greenwell
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Songs Deptford Goth

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