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
Mojo: 50 Best Albums of 2017
Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025
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The 45 Best New Books of 2023: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

10 Best Films of 2018 Mark Kermode · Observer
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2014 Roger Koza · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
50 Favorite Albums of 2011 NPR · NPR Music
Top 5 Films of 2012 Kate Muir · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2015 Robert Koehler · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2017 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2016 Sam Weisberg · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Whiplash Damien Chazelle
The Whole Thing Is Just There Young Jesus
I Am a Man Ron Miles
Nana Jean Renoir
Living Room Roméo Poirier
Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights Salman Rushdie
24K Magic Bruno Mars
Blackstar David Bowie
Killjoys
UUUU UUUU
Veld Daniel O’Sullivan
Being You Is Great, I Wish I Could Be You More Often Quelle Chris
Paradise Slow Club
Melt Boxed In

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