Year-End Lists

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

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Top 20 Albums of 2025
Best Films of 2025
Top 20 Albums of 2024
Best Films of 2024
Top 20 Albums of 2023
Best Films of 2023
Top 20 Albums of 2022
Best Films of 2022
Top 20 Albums of 2021
Best Films of 2021
Top 20 Albums of 2020
Best Films of 2020
Best Films of 2019
Top 20 Albums of 2019
Top 20 Albums of 2018

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
Ex Machina Alex Garland
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Joel & Ethan Coen
Connie Connie Chung
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Vince Staples Vince Staples
Eddington Ari Aster
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Godwin Joseph O'Neill
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Lowdown
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda

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