Year-End Lists

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

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IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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by Charley Crockett

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Albums of the Year 2020: Holler

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Andor
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
XXX Danny Brown
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Forever, episode "Andre and Sarah"
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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