Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best TV Shows That Ended in 2024: Margaret Lyons: New York Times
Top TV of 2023: Alicia Rancilio: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Connie Connie Chung
XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Eddington Ari Aster
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
The Lowdown
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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