Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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1. The Best Albums of 2020: Greg Kot: Sound Opinions
2. The Best Albums of 2020: Jim DeRogatis: Sound Opinions
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1. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Paste

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Weapons Zach Cregger
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean various artists
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Saint Omer Alice Diop
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Her Spike Jonze
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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