Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Craig Jenkins: New York: The Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lifetime Achievement

by Loudon Wainwright III

Lists

Dean's List 2022: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
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
The Best Albums of 2025 Craig Jenkins · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
40 Best Albums of 2013 Guardian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Li’l Quinquin Bruno Dumont
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Resurrection Bi Gan
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Sinners Ryan Coogler
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
False Dawn George Selgin
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
XXX Danny Brown
All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade Of Monsters and Men
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
Transform Me Then Into a Fish Martin Carthy

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