Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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John Cale

Poptical Illusion
Mercy
M:FANS
1. Top 100 Albums of 2016: Quietus
Music for a New Society/M:FANS
1. 75 Best Albums of 2016: Uncut
Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood
1. Top 40 Albums of 2012: Jim DeRogatis: WBEZ: Sound Opinions
2. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sly Thom Zimny
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Liars Sarah Manguso
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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