Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Traitor

by Marco Bellocchio

Lists

The Best Films of 2020: Lawrence Garcia: A.V. Club
Top 20 Films of 2019: Les Inrocks
My Favorite Movies of 2020: Sean Fennessey

Top 10 Films of 2020: Cole Duffy: Cinema Etc.
Best Movies of 2020: Manohla Dargis: New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2019: Cinema Scope

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Death Farm Carl Hauck
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Hijack
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Le Kov Gwenno
Dan's Boogie Destroyer
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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