Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Spectrum Culture: Top 20 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2022
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- Best Novels of 2025: Electric Lit
- Top Books of 2025: Traci Thomas: WBUR: Here & Now

Trending Lists

Favorite Movies of 2025 Sarah Welch-Larson
Top 20 Albums of 2025 Spectrum Culture
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
50 Best Albums of 2020 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar

Trending Works

Ambulance Michael Bay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Anora Sean Baker
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Mysteries of Lisbon Raoul Ruiz
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki
Weapons Zach Cregger
Hard Truths Mike Leigh
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
You Were Never Really Here Lynne Ramsay
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia

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