Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Attrition
1. Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Wire
2. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
MELT
1. Albums of the Year 2021: Quietus

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top Ten Films of 2021 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Detroit 2 Big Sean
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Touch Tortoise
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Heart the Lover Lily King
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
The Lowdown
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Long Story Short
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Resurrection Bi Gan

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