Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Hollow
1. The Best Albums of 2024: The Line of Best Fit
Limbs
1. Albums of the Year 2022: Loud And Quiet
Debris
- Albums of the Year 2020: Rough Trade

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Movies of 2011 Dana Stevens · Slate
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Summer is Gone Zhang Dalei
Getting Killed Geese
Looper Rian Johnson
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
Beginners Mike Mills
Civil War Alex Garland
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar

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