Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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

Appears on three lists

The 50 Best Podcasts of 2021: Atlantic
The Best Podcasts of 2021: New York: Vulture Podcast Survey

The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021: Reggie Ugwu: New York Times

Trending Lists

Greatest Albums of the 2010s NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Blackstar David Bowie
The Portrait You Painted of Me Alison Cotton
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
Predators David Osit
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On Franny Choi
Bent Sørensen: St Matthew Passion The Norwegian Soloists' Choir / Ensemble Allegria / Grete Pedersen
Small Axe: Lovers Rock Steve McQueen
Punisher Phoebe Bridgers
The Ruby Cord Richard Dawson
Prima Donna Vince Staples
The Strobo Trip: Light and Audio Phase Illusions Toy The Flaming Lips
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Robe of Gems Natalia López

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