Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Kerrang!
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1. Albums of the Year 2020: Dork
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NME

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Zbig Edward Luce
Resurrection Bi Gan
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler

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