Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon

The Central Park Five
1. 25 Favorite Films of 2012: A.O. Scott: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
American Crime Story
I Swear Kirk Jones
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Hi Texas
Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You Ethel Cain
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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