Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: Top 11 Films of 2012
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2018
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2023
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The Radio Dept.

Clinging to a Scheme
1. 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
Running out of Love

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor

Trending Works

Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
DX Friendzone
Blackstar David Bowie
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Earthling Eddie Vedder
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H

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