Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Adam Nayman: The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2025
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The Front Bottoms

In Sickness & In Flames
1. Dean's List 2021: Robert Christgau

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Magdalene FKA twigs
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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