Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Desiree C. Bailey

What Noise Against the Cane

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Getting Killed Geese
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Phonetics On and On Horsegirl
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka

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