Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Top 50 Albums Of 2023: Still Listening

The 60 Best Albums of 2023: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Crick Professor Matthew Cobb
Big Time Angel Olsen
Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
XXX Danny Brown
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Suspicious Minds
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Found Sound Faded
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Adolescence
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
U R HERE Honesty

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