Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound Poll: The Best Films of 2020
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2023
Paste: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Ned Blackhawk

The Rediscovery of America
- Nonfiction 2023: National Book Award Won
- 2 The 20 Best Books of 2023: Esquire

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
The Open Book Sessions Ronica & The Blazing Stars
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow
Cool Planet Guided by Voices
Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children
Communion Park Jiha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Orpheus vs. The Sirens Hermit and the Recluse
From the Heart, It’s a Start, a Work of Art Shinichi Atobe
The Brutalist Brady Corbet
Moodymann Moodymann

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