Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Baby Queen

Quarter Life Crisis
1. 40 Favorite Albums of My 2024: Brad Luen
2. Top 50 Albums of 2023: Dork

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 23 Best TV Shows of 2023 Daily Beast
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Albums of 2025 Gorilla vs. Bear
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Oracle Cate Marvin

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