Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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LHF

Keepers of the Light
1. 100 Favourite Albums of 2012: Drowned in Sound
2. Top 50 Albums of 2012: Beats Per Minute

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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