Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
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- The Best Hip-Hop Projects of 2023: XXL
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2022: The Fader
- The Best Albums Of 2022: Uproxx
USEE4YOURSELF
1. The Best Albums of 2021: Complex
- The Best Albums Of 2021: Uproxx
Is He Real?
1. The Best Albums Of 2019: Uproxx
- 50 of the Best Hop-Hop Projects of 2019: XXL
IWASVERYBAD
1. Best Albums of 2017: Pigeons & Planes

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2022 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
75 Best Albums of 2016 Uncut
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Off-Season J. Cole
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing to Go Back To Richmond Fontaine
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy
Wake Up Dead Man Rian Johnson
Communion Park Jiha
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Jade Pan Daijing
Sorry to Bother You The Coup
Slow West John Maclean
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So

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