Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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African-American Sound Recordings

Hits of Ash
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
Runway Cremations
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
The Private World Of Correspondence
1. 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023: Hanif Abdurraqib

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Question 7 Richard Flanagan
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
L’anguille Mocke
Her Spike Jonze

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