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
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 10 Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Best Albums of 2019 NPR · NPR Music
Top 10 Albums of 2017 NPR · NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Moderation Elaine Castillo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Middle Jesse Welles
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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