Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Brenda Shaughnessy

Lists

5 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Publishers Weekly
11 Best Poetry Books of 2016: BuzzFeed

10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: David Orr: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Richard Jewell Clint Eastwood
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Middle Jesse Welles
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Brat Charli XCX
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Let's Rock The Black Keys
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs

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