Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Matt Patches: Fighting in the War Room: Top Ten Films of 2025
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Patrick Shiroishi

Forgetting Is Violent
1. The Top 20 Albums of 2025: A Closer Listen
Hidemi
1. Our 50 Favourite Albums of 2021: Vinyl Factory
2. Top 50 Albums of 2021: The Wire

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies Of 2021 Uproxx
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2025 Matt Patches · Fighting in the War Room
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Liars Sarah Manguso
Idlewild Idlewild
Clean Slate
Oracle Cate Marvin
Diamond Eyes Deftones
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story

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