Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

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Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top 21 Albums of 2017: Nate Chinen: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2022 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Michael Phillips · Filmspotting
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Silence Martin Scorsese
Black Box
Common Side Effects
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Adults
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
Long Story Short
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf

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