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
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2021: J Hoberman: Artforum

Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

This Strange Eventful History Claire Messud
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Trainwreck Judd Apatow
Adults
Common Side Effects
Universal Language Matthew Rankin
Long Story Short
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Because the Boss Belongs to Us
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
Invisible Child Andrea Elliott

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