Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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The Last Race

by Michael Dweck

Lists

Top 15 Films of 2018: Mike D’Angelo: A.V. Club

Top Movies of 2018: Scott Tobias
Best Movies of 2018: Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
Sling Clairo
Gone Girl David Fincher
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Orquídeas Kali Uchis
Vince Staples Vince Staples
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Mad God Phil Tippett
The Lowdown
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Ex Machina Alex Garland

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