Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Yellow River Blue
1. 50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
- Top 10 Albums of 2021: Hazel Cills

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Movies of 2012 Atlantic Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Cuddy Benjamin Myers
Every Kingdom Ben Howard
Leftovers Le Ren
What the Constitution Means to Me Marielle Heller
Fatigue L'Rain
The Original Sound of Cumbia various artists
Sun Cat Power
Passages Ira Sachs
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
You Could Make This Place Beautiful Maggie Smith
Collapsed in Sunbeams Arlo Parks
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
-io Circuit Des Yeux

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