Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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1. Albums of the Year 2019: Clash
Peace, Love & Music
- 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
50 Best Movies of 2011 Total Film
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Someone Knows Something
Resurrection Bi Gan
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Eric Appel
My Dad Wrote A Porno
Western Valeska Grisebach
Twenty Thousand Hertz
Gladiator
R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE: ME?
Obscure with Michael Ian Black Michael Ian Black
Binge Mode: Harry Potter
Renaissance Beyoncé
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar

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