Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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- The Best Albums of 2017: Carl Wilson: Slate
Mandorla Awakening II: Emerging Worlds

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Long Story Short
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Alpha Julia Ducournau
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
XXX Danny Brown
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
Be the Cowboy Mitski
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni

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