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
Guardian: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Rod Lurie

The Outpost
1. Best Movies of 2020: Owen Gleiberman: Variety
2. Top 10 Films of 2020: Todd McCarthy: Deadline

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Books of 2016 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian

Trending Works

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Deeper The Soft Moon
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Black Metal Dean Blunt
XXX Danny Brown
Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Succession
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
American Weekend Waxahatchee
Hedda Nia DaCosta

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