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
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Body Meat

Starchris
1. The Top 50 Albums Of 2024: Still Listening
2. The Best Albums of 2024: The Line of Best Fit
Year Of the Orc
1. Best Music of 2021: Sasha Geffen: Artforum
Truck Music
1. The 100 Best Albums of 2019: Vice: Noisey

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Suspicious Minds
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Be the Cowboy Mitski
A Seat at the Table Solange
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
XXX Danny Brown
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Perfect Days Wim Wenders

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