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
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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I'm a Dream
1. 50 Best Albums of 2018: Albumism
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1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Spin
- Top 20 Albums of 2015: Greg Kot: Chicago Tribune: Sound Opinions

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Podcasts of 2018 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Past Lives Celine Song
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
All Our Names Dinaw Mengestu
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Post Steven Spielberg
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Radu Jude
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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