Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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1. Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus
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1. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson
Holy Motors Leos Carax
XXX Danny Brown
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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