Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Books of 2022: New York Public Library

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Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Ex Machina Alex Garland
XXX Danny Brown
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Connie Connie Chung
Vince Staples Vince Staples
Mad God Phil Tippett
The Lowdown

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