Year-End Lists

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

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John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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- Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones
Colliding Contours
- 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Getting Killed Geese
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Middle Jesse Welles
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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