Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Sun Without the Heat

by Leyla McCalla

Lists

75 Best Albums of 2024: Mojo
80 Best Albums of 2024: Uncut

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo

Trending Works

The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Big Bang Theory
Long Story Short
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Pins and Needles Natalie Hemby
XXX Danny Brown
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
Small Axe: Mangrove Steve McQueen
Got to Be Tough Toots and the Maytals

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