Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Adam Nayman: The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2025
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- Top 10 Albums of 2011: Jason Bentley: KCRW

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Magdalene FKA twigs
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Alpha Julia Ducournau

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