Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Shopping

All or Nothing
- Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade
The Official Body
1. Top 50 Albums of 2018: Treble
2. Dean's List 2018: Robert Christgau
- Best Albums of 2018: AllMusic
Why Choose
1. 50 Best Albums of 2015: Time Out London

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Getting Killed Geese
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
American Prison Shane Bauer
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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