Year-End Lists

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

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2024: Benoit Rouilly
Top 50 Movies of 2023: Jessica Kiang

The Ten Best Experimental Films of 2023: Jordan Cronk
Best Movies of 2023: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Lists

Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2015 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite 50 Albums of 2011 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Le Kov Gwenno
Eno Gary Hustwit
In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story Rachel Hewitt
Death Farm Carl Hauck
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Hijack
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood

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