Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025
David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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by VCMG

Appears on two lists

75 Favorite Albums of 2012: Quietus
Top 100 Albums of 2012: musicOMH

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2024 Town & Country
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Paddington 2 Paul King
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Cowboy Carter Beyoncé
Jubilee Japanese Breakfast
The Year of Hibernation Youth Lagoon
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Dream On Ital
Blackstar David Bowie
Keeping the House Tice Cin
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
A Fever Dream Everything Everything
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke

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