Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Willi Carlisle

Winged Victory
1. The Best Country Music Albums of 2025: Holler
2. Dean's List 2025: Robert Christgau
Critterland
- Top 15 Albums of 2024: Ann Powers: NPR: NPR Music
Peculiar, Missouri

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
25 Best Albums of 2011 Complex
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Works

We're All Alone in This Together Dave
Before I Disappear Shawn Christensen
Elvis & Nixon Liza Johnson
The Golden Heart Protector Margaret Glaspy
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Rian Johnson
Invasive species Marwa Helal
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt Raven Jackson
The Little Prince Mark Osborne
Florida Lauren Groff
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Harbingers
Madonnatron Madonnatron
Terror Twilight: Farewell Horizontal Pavement
Communion Park Jiha

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