Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Skywalkers: A Love Story
1. The Best Movies of 2024: Owen Gleiberman: Variety

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Alpha Julia Ducournau
XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Be the Cowboy Mitski
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Long Story Short
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers

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