Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Clarisse Loughrey: Independent: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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The Good, the Bad & the Queen

Merrie Land

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 20 Books of 2017 Time
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Albums of 2022 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy James McMurtry
Drifting Laurent Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture, and Mattéo Eustachon
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Esther Perel
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Fargo
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Tearless Amnesia Scanner
Le Kov Gwenno
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Eno Gary Hustwit

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