Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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75 Best Albums of 2022: Uncut

2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Beginners Mike Mills
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Special Lizzo
In the Dark
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov

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