Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
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1. Top 10 Albums of 2011: Chris Riemenschneider: Minneapolis Star Tribune

Trending Lists

Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
XXX Danny Brown
Nocturama Bertrand Bonello
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Certain Women Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Holy Motors Leos Carax
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Attack of the Fifty-Foot Centerfold Dorothy Chan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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