Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Grand Tour Miguel Gomes
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Pillion Harry Lighton
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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