Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Hanif Abdurraqib: 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025
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Syndrome Syndrome
- 42 Best Albums of 2013: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 The Playlist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
The Lowdown
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Connie Connie Chung
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Ex Machina Alex Garland
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Mad God Phil Tippett
Vince Staples Vince Staples
XXX Danny Brown

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