Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
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Massive Shoe
- My Favorite Albums of 2025: Kelsie Herzog: The Yellow Button
- The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry
Duck
- The 60 Best Albums of 2024: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Getting Killed Geese
L’anguille Mocke
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Happier Than Ever Billie Eilish
Resurrection Bi Gan
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers

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