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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The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
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Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
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
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Middle Jesse Welles
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Moderation Elaine Castillo
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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