Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Book of Difficult Fruit

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

A Seat at the Table Solange
Silence Is Loud Nia Archives
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
The Lego Movie Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Suspicious Minds
XXX Danny Brown
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel

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