Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies
1. The Best Albums of 2021: Complex
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- Best Albums of 2021: Passerby
- Ugh, those feels again

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Big Time Angel Olsen
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Too Much
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Adolescence
Suspicious Minds
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
U R HERE Honesty
Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
Museum Music Edward Skeletrix
Bo Burnham: Inside Bo Burnham
Dead Man’s Wire Gus Van Sant

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