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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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- The 50 Best Albums of 2024: NPR: NPR Music
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- Favorite Music of 2022: Nate Chinen: NPR: NPR Music
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1. Top 50 Albums of 2021: The Wire

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Works

Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Lateness of Dancers Hiss Golden Messenger
Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Ballad of Wallis Island James Griffiths
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Yr Dead Sam Sax
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Devotional The Lord † Petra Haden
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
No Other Land Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor

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