Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
James Quandt: Artforum: Best Films of 2022
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Top 50 Albums Of 2013: American Songwriter

Trending Lists

The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2022 James Quandt · Artforum
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 100 Albums of 2016 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2020 Award The Booker Prize
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Neon Demon Nicolas Winding Refn
Long Island Compromise Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Always Be My Maybe Nahnatchka Khan
Rouge Mona Awad
I Can See Forever Jeremy Shaw
Beef
Gangs of Wasseypur Anurag Kashyap
Modern Vampires of the City Vampire Weekend
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Steven Universe: The Movie Rebecca Sugar
mbv My Bloody Valentine
Acid Rap Chance The Rapper
The End MC Hyland

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