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
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Elton John

The Lockdown Sessions
1. Top 40 Rock Albums of 2021: Ultimate Classic Rock
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2021: Billboard
Me
- The 10 Best Books of 2019: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune
- Top Music Books of 2019: No Depression
Wonderful Crazy Night
1. 50 Best Albums of 2016: Rolling Stone
The Diving Board

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
hexed! aya
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Pillion Harry Lighton
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Weapons Zach Cregger
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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