Year-End Lists

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of notable year-end lists.

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Complex: 50 Best Albums of 2013
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The Elephant in the Room

by Michael Webber

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10 Best Films of 2011: J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader

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The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
50 Best Albums of 2013 Complex
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Pitchfork
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Treble

Trending Works

Athlete A Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceauşescu Andrei Ujica
The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania
Jafar Panahi’s Taxi Jafar Panahi
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Marilyn Agrelo
First Cow Kelly Reichardt
City Hall Frederick Wiseman
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Norman Fucking Rockwell! Lana Del Rey
Nomadland Chloé Zhao
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
A Murder at the End of the World
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga

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