Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Hanna Marjo Västinsalo

Lists

Notable Films Of 2022: Glenn Kenny

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
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 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

My Adventures with Superman
House of Huawei Eva Dou
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Blue Heron Sophy Romvari
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Getting Killed Geese
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Flesh David Szalay
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
XXX Danny Brown
The Antidote Karen Russell
In the Dark

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