Year-End Lists

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

20 Favorite Books of 2015: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Here Bas Devos
Manchester by the Sea Kenneth Lonergan
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Wander/Wonder Balam Acab
Getting Killed Geese
In the Dark
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
XXX Danny Brown
You Didn't See Nothin
My Adventures with Superman
House of Huawei Eva Dou
I’ll Be Gone In The Dark: The Podcast
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Dìdi Sean Wang

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