Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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A Cosmic Rhythm with Each Stroke
- 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones
- The Best Albums of 2016: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant

Trending Works

Goal/Tender Meat/Tender Paul Cunningham
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Top of the Lake Jane Campion and Garth Davis
XXX Danny Brown
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
Sticker NCT 127
Vice Principals

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