Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Real Lies

We Will Annihilate Our Enemies
1. Albums of the Year 2025: God Is In The TV
2. Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus
Lad Ash
1. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus
Real Life
1. Albums of the Year 2015: Clash
2. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Quietus

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Drive My Car Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Deep Water Adrian Lyne
Hit Man Richard Linklater
Anatomy of a Fall Justine Triet
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Good One India Donaldson
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Snap Judgment: A Tiny Plot
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Jungle Book Jon Favreau
Embedded: Alternate Realities
Pluribus
Resurrection Bi Gan

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