Year-End Lists

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

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Don't Shy Away
1. Top 100 Albums of 2020: Under the Radar
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Our Culture
- The Best in 2020 Music: Steve Erickson: GCN
- Best Albums of 2020: AllMusic

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
75 Best Albums of 2016 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
Top 10 Films of 2022 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
Joyland Trust
The Off-Season J. Cole
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Our Share of Night Mariana Enriquez
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Communion Park Jiha
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave
You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back To Richmond Fontaine
The Exciting Sounds of Menahan Street Band Menahan Street Band
XXX Danny Brown
Slow West John Maclean
Sore Thumb Oso Oso

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