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
Time: Top 10 Best Albums of 2015
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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by Brian Van Reet

Lists

31 Best Fiction Books of 2017: Guardian

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best TV Shows of 2021 Emily St. James · Vox
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Antiphony of the Trees Laura Cannell
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Sorry to Bother You The Coup
Is This Thing On? Bradley Cooper
The Endless Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Cool Town Grace Elizabeth Hale
Everything Makes Me Sick Sex Scenes
Memoria Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Marissa Nadler Marissa Nadler
Electric Pet Shop Boys
The Woman Next Door Yewande Omotoso
Eddington Ari Aster
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold

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