Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Variety: Music: 2023

The Best Albums of 2023 Chris Willman · Variety
The Best Albums of 2023 Steven J. Horowitz · Variety
The Best Albums of 2023 Jem Aswad · Variety
The Best Albums of 2023 Thania Garcia · Variety

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Greatest Albums of the 2010s NME
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2015 FasterLouder
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Incident in a Ghostland Pascal Laugier
Underneath the Pine Toro y Moi
Could Have Done Anything Charlotte Cornfield
Paradise Slow Club
Predators David Osit
Prima Donna Vince Staples
Stravinsky: Orchestral Works Gustavo Gimeno and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
All Square John Hyams
Grown Unknown Lia Ices
Värähtelijä Oranssi Pazuzu
Blackstar David Bowie
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen
Pure Comedy Father John Misty

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