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
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Holler: The Best Country Music 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 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Stardust Grail Yume Kitasei
Choke Enough Oklou
Land of Milk and Honey C Pam Zhang
Her Spike Jonze
Fargo
Pig Michael Sarnoski
Pluribus
Box for Buddy, Box for Star This Is Lorelei
I Miss You When I Blink Mary Laura Philpott
Balloonerism Mac Miller
We Do Not Part Han Kang
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
We Should All Be Birds Brian Buckbee with Carol Ann Fitzgerald
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri

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