Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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30 Favorite Albums of 2018: Gorilla vs. Bear
Best Albums of 2018: Fact

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2021 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
XXX Danny Brown
Beginners Mike Mills
Spotlight: Snitch City
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren
Golden Girl Elin Hilderbrand
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
Holy Hell Architects
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett

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