Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
A.V. Club: 25 Best Films of 2025
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David T. Little: Dog Days

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Lists

Best 50 Albums of 2016: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Special Lizzo
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Boom Town Sam Anderson
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
In the Dark
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore

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