Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Letter Blue
1. Albums of 2021: Gorilla vs. Bear
Still Run
1. Top 30 Albums of 2018: The Wild Honey Pie
Don’t You
- 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s Paste
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Andor
Forever, episode "Andre and Sarah"
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Illegals Shaun Walker
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Alpha Julia Ducournau
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
XXX Danny Brown
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke

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