Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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All Hands on Deck

by Guillaume Brac

Lists

Top 10 Films of 2021: Marilou Duponchel: Les Inrocks
Top Ten Films of 2021: Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 10 Films of 2021: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks
20 Essential Films of 2021: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
John & Paul Ian Leslie
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
La 167 Farruko
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Death Farm Carl Hauck
Hijack
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Le Kov Gwenno
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock

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