Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Phantom Band

Fears Trending
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: The Skinny
Strange Friend
1. Top 40 Albums of 2014: Clash
2. 51 Favourite Albums of 2014: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
10 Best Films of 2020 James Quandt · Artforum
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
What of Our Nature Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
Yon Loader Yon Loader
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
Poog Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
Why Q Needs U Danny Bate
O, Brittle Weather! Drunk Uncle
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Birdeater Jack Clark and Jim Weir
The Heart-Shaped Tin Bee Wilson
Swirl Flora Hibberd
The Girlfriends

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