Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Best TV Shows of 2018: The Playlist

Best TV Shows of 2018: NPR: Pop Culture Happy Hour

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard
Dragon Peter Chan
Gemini Rights Steve Lacy
A Quiet Farwell, Twenty Sixteen to Twenty Eighteen Slauson Malone
Surface Noise Judiciary
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Patterns in Mythology Falls of Rauros
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Revengeseekerz Jane Remover
Welcome 2 Club XIII Drive-By Truckers
Tell Me You Love Me Demi Lovato
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Operation Avalanche Matt Johnson

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