Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2025
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Live A Little
1. Albums of 2022: Gorilla vs. Bear

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
Top Ten Films of 2025 Clémence Polès Farhang
Best Films of 2025 Reverse Shot
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 20 Albums of 2025 Spectrum Culture
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times

Trending Works

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The Wanting Mare Nicholas Ashe Bateman
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham
Afterlives Abdulrazak Gurnah
Islah Kevin Gates
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sugar & Spice Hatchie
Possessor Brandon Cronenberg
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Unworthy Republic Claudio Saunt
Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout
Goodbye to Language Jean-Luc Godard
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar

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