Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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by Ben Kweller

Lists

The Best Albums of 2025: Amanda Petrusich: New Yorker

Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 A.V. Club
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Dead Kings Of Europe Plastic Bag
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The History of Money David McWilliams
How Beautiful We Were Imbolo Mbue
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Big Boys
My Brother, My Land Sami Hermez with Sireen Sawalha
The Aviator and the Showman Laurie Gwen Shapiro
Come Back To Me Peter One
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
The Featherweight Robert Kolodny

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