Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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There You Have It
1. 30 Best Albums of 2018: Vibe

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Oracle Cate Marvin
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet

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