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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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by Joshua Cohen

Lists

10 Best Books of 2017: Christian Lorentzen: New York: Vulture

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant

Trending Works

A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
The Miseducation of Cameron Post Desiree Akhavan
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Antidote Karen Russell
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Rakshak Bloodywood
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
This Is the Sonics The Sonics

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