Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Helm

Axis
1. Albums of the Year 2021: Quietus
Chemical Flowers
- Favorite Music of 2019: Dennis Cooper
Olympic Mess
- 89 Favorite Albums of 2015: Sasha Frere-Jones
The Hollow Organ
1. Top 50 Albums of 2014: The Wire
Impossible Symmetry
1. 50 Best Albums of 2012: Fact
Cryptography
1. Top 50 Albums of 2011: The Wire

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Special Lizzo
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Wicked Jon M. Chu
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
House of Huawei Eva Dou

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