Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Chaos Wonderland
1. Top 25 Albums of 2020: Magnet
Good Music
1. Top 100 Albums of 2012: Piccadilly Records

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
My Adventures with Superman
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Flesh David Szalay
Here Bas Devos
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
XXX Danny Brown
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Getting Killed Geese
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
Dìdi Sean Wang
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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