Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. 100 Favourite Albums of 2015: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
XXX Danny Brown
The Galleons Rick Barot
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
The Northman Robert Eggers
The Lowdown
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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