Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Planning For Burial

It's Closeness, It's Easy
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
Below the House
1. 100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade: A.A. Dowd

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Passages Ira Sachs
The Galleons Rick Barot
Teenage Matt Wolf

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