Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NPR: NPR Music
Johann Sebastian Bach
1. 50 Best Albums of 2018: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Rakshak Bloodywood
The Antidote Karen Russell
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes

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