Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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John Murry

The Stars Are God's Bullet Holes
1. 75 Best Albums of 2021: Uncut
The Graceless Age

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

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The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger

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