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
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Hellish Expectations
1. Top 40 Albums of 2024: Decibel
Let There Be Witchery
1. Top 40 Albums of 2022: Decibel
Rebirth by Blasphemy
1. Top 40 Albums of 2020: Decibel

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2020 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
Past Lives Celine Song
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Interstellar Christopher Nolan

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