Year-End Lists

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

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Highlights

Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Melvins

Tarantula Heart
- Glide: 20 Best Albums of 2024
Bad Mood Rising
1. Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 30 Rock Albums of 2022
Working With God
1. Ultimate Classic Rock: Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021
2. Quietus: Albums of the Year 2021
A Walk with Love and Death
1. Diffuser: Top 25 Albums of 2017

Recent Lists

Vulture: Nicholas Quah: 10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved This Year
Vanity Fair: The 17 Best Books of 2025 You Need to Read
HuffPost: The Best Albums Of 2025
Rolling Stone: 10 Best Podcasts of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2025
A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums of 2025
Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Atlantic: Spencer Kornhaber: The Best Albums of 2025
Essence: The Best Albums Of 2025
Film Comment Poll: Best Films of 2025
Independent: Clarisse Loughrey: The 15 Best Films of 2025
USA Today: Brian Truitt: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Slant: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
NPR Music: Robin Hilton: Top 10 Albums of 2025
NPR Music: Ann Powers: Top 10 Albums of 2025
NPR Music: Best Albums of 2025
Dazed: The 20 Best Albums of 2025
Hollywood Reporter: Sheri Linden: Best Movies of 2025
Hollywood Reporter: Jon Frosch: Best Movies of 2025
Hollywood Reporter: David Rooney: Best Movies of 2025
The Ringer: The 25 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Albums of 2025
No Ripcord: The Best Albums of 2025
Lifehacker: Lauren Passell: The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025
Nialler9: Niall Byrne: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Variety: Owen Gleiberman: The Best Movies of 2025
Variety: Peter Debruge: The Best Movies of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
BuzzFeed: Nora Dominick: Best TV Shows of 2025
Lit Hub: Brittany Allen: The Best Literary Podcasts of 2025
Consequence: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Drowned in Sound: 25 Favourite Albums of 2025
Slate: Dana Stevens: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Flood: The Best Albums of 2025
The Week: The Best Poetry Books of 2025
Variety: Alison Herman: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Variety: Aramide Tinubu: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Washington Post: Lili Loofbourow: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025
RogerEbert.com: The Ten Best Films of 2025
Slant: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Atlantic: David Sims: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Slate: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025
Slate: Carl Wilson: The Best Music of 2025
ScreenCrush: Matt Singer: The Best Movies of 2025
New Yorker: Inkoo Kang: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Los Angeles Times: The 15 Best Books of 2025
Fresh Air: Maureen Corrigan: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Kerrang!: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Washington Post: Chris Richards: The Top 10 Albums of 2025
PopMatters: The 80 Best Albums of 2025
Crack Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Fader: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Ringer: Adam Nayman: The Best Movies of 2025
Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025
Verso Books: The Year 2025 in Ten Books
KCRW: Best Albums of 2025
California Review of Books: 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Sound Opinions: Greg Kot: The Best Albums of 2025
Sound Opinions: Jim DeRogatis: The Best Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 10 Best TV Series of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Amy Nicholson: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Robert Lloyd: Best TV Shows of 2025
Los Angeles Times: Mikael Wood: The 25 Best Albums of 2025
New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: Justin Chang: The Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz: Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: Jon Caramanica: Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Best Albums of 2025
Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
Slate: Laura Miller: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Complex: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Chicago Tribune: Christopher Borrelli: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Independent: Martin Chilton: Best Books of 2025
AP: Jake Coyle: Best Movies of 2025
AP: Lindsey Bahr: Best Movies of 2025
Time: Jenn Pelly: The 10 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: Mike Hale: Best International TV Shows of 2025
New York Times: James Poniewozik: Best TV Shows of 2025
Time: Stephanie Zacharek: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
USA Today: Kelly Lawler: Best TV Shows of 2025
The Skinny: Albums of 2025
Vulture: John Waters: The Best Movies of 2025
Holler: The Best Country Music Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Lit Hub: 43 Favorite Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
AP: Top Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2025
Coup De Main: The Best Albums of 2025
Treble: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Entertainment Weekly: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025
Our Culture: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
New York Times: Alissa Wilkinson: Best Movies of 2025
New York Times: Manohla Dargis: Best Movies of 2025
Vulture: Jasmine Vojdani: The Best Books of 2025
Vulture: Emma Alpern: The Best Books of 2025
Time: Judy Berman: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025
New Yorker: Sarah Larson: The Best Podcasts of 2025
Vulture: Craig Jenkins: The Best Albums of 2025
Stereogum: The 50 Best Albums Of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025

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Trending Lists

HuffPost: The Best Albums Of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Uproxx: Steven Hyden: Favorite Albums of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
IndieWire Poll: Best Movies of 2025
A.V. Club: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Film Comment Poll: Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Films of 2025
Washington Post: Ann Hornaday: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025

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Archive

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2020 Movies
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2010s Movies
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2019 Movies
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2018 Movies
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2017 Movies
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2016 Movies
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2015 Movies
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2014 Movies
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2014 Poetry

2013 Movies
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2012 Movies
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2011 Movies
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