Year-End Lists

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

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Odie Henderson: Boston Globe: 10 Best Movies of 2025
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1. Top 40 Albums of 2025: Decibel
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Kerrang!

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Empire of AI Karen Hao
Lux Rosalía
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
In The Earth Again Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo
XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
The True Story of Bananagun Bananagun

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