Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025: Nicholas Quah: New York: Vulture

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

hexed! aya
Year of the Snitch Death Grips
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Territory of Light Yuko Tsushima
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Middle Jesse Welles
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
Let's Rock The Black Keys

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