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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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House of Confusion
1. Favorite Albums of 2021: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
Lost in the Country
1. The Top 30 Albums of 2020: Jordan Cronk

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman

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