Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Fred Again and Brian Eno

Secret Life
1. Favorite Albums 2023: Bob Boilen

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 20 Books of 2017 Time
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Best Albums of 2022 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Esther Perel
A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller
Le Kov Gwenno
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Empty Netters
Fargo
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
Choke Enough Oklou
Trip Amie Barrodale
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy James McMurtry
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma

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