Year-End Lists

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

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Village Voice: Top 100 Albums of 2016
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2025
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Albums of 2020: DIY
Top 50 Albums of 2020: Beats Per Minute

Trending Lists

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Manifesto Bernardine Evaristo
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Azor Andreas Fontana
Songs from the North Soon-Mi Yoo
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Fleabag
Mrs. Fletcher
Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh
Francofonia Aleksandr Sokurov
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) Les Blank

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