Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Viva Hinds
The Prettiest Curse
I Don't Run
Leave Me Alone

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Exit Simulation Niecy Blues
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Getting Killed Geese
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
American Prison Shane Bauer
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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