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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Cutting the Throat of God
1. Top 40 Albums of 2024: Decibel
Stare Into Death And Be Still
1. Top 55 Albums of 2020: Brooklyn Vegan

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Weapons Zach Cregger
Pillion Harry Lighton
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Seer Swans
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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