Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by The Midnight Hour / Ali Shaheed Muhammad / Adrian Younge

Lists

50 Best Albums of 2018: Albumism

Best Albums of 2018: AllMusic

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Magdalene FKA twigs
Pillion Harry Lighton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook

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