Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
NPR: Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Films of 2019
Top Ten Films of 2018
Top Ten Films of 2017 Criterion · Daily
Top 13 Films of 2016 Fandor · Keyframe Daily
Top 17 Films of 2015 Fandor · Keyframe Daily

Trending Lists

Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
American Honey Andrea Arnold
Babes Pamela Adlon
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Lights Out
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Looper Rian Johnson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Mirage Colony N Chambers

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