Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lifehacker
The 10 Best New Podcasts of 2024 Lifehacker
My 25 Favorite New Podcasts of 2023 Lifehacker
The 13 Best New Podcasts of 2022 Lifehacker

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

The Antidote Karen Russell
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
(III) Crystal Castles
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Songs Deptford Goth
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
God Save The Gun Militarie Gun
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Weekend Andrew Haigh
Cleanness Garth Greenwell

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