Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Tom Aspaul

Life In Plastic
1. The 100 Best Albums of 2022: Albumism
Black Country Disco
1. The 100 Best Albums of 2020: Albumism

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
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 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
XXX Danny Brown
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Boom Town Sam Anderson
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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