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
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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Unseen Forces

by Justin Walter

Lists

Top 100 Albums of 2017: Quietus

Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund
The Mill and the Cross Lech Majewski
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Pain to Power Maruja
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Babes Pamela Adlon
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Rye Lane Raine Allen-Miller
RRR S.S. Rajamouli
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Looper Rian Johnson

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