Year-End Lists

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

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Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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83 Favorite Albums Of 2021: Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 50 Albums of 2021: The Wire
Albums of the Year 2021: Loud And Quiet
Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021: Vinyl Factory

Our Favorite Albums, 2021: Tone Glow

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 Entertainment Weekly
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Best Albums of 2024 Obscure Sound
Favorite Books of 2019 Barack Obama
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Run Me to Earth Paul Yoon
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Bottoms Emma Seligman
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Rakshak Bloodywood
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Whiplash Damien Chazelle

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