Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
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by Albrecht La'Brooy

Lists

Top Releases of 2018: XLR8R

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Resurrection Bi Gan
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie

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