Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
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Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023: Washington Post

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
The Lowdown
Mad God Phil Tippett
Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Vince Staples Vince Staples
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Connie Connie Chung
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
XXX Danny Brown
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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