Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Freak of Nature
1. Top 55 Releases of 2023: The Alternative
The Manson Family
1. Top 50 Releases of 2017: The Alternative

Trending Lists

Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie

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