Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Glenn Kenny: RogerEbert.com: Top Ten Films of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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Caracara

New Preoccupations
1. Top 50 Albums of 2022: The Alternative
2. The Top 30 Albums of 2022: Jordan Cronk
Summer Megalith
1. Top 50 Releases of 2017: The Alternative

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2025 Glenn Kenny · RogerEbert.com
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME

Trending Works

Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Lowdown
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
Eddington Ari Aster
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Connie Connie Chung
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
XXX Danny Brown

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