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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
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Generations
1. Dean's List 2020: Robert Christgau
Policy
1. Best Music of 2015: Flood
2. Top 100 Albums of 2015: Under the Radar

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Country Music Albums of 2025 Holler
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 33 Best Podcasts of 2019 Wired UK
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Choke Enough Oklou
Hit Man Richard Linklater
Her Spike Jonze
The Sisters Jonas Hassen Khemiri
Promises Floating Points / Pharoah Sanders / London Symphony Orchestra
Metallic Life Review Matmos
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
King of Kings Scott Anderson
I Miss You When I Blink Mary Laura Philpott
Flesh David Szalay
Pig Michael Sarnoski
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) Jesse Q. Sutanto
Fargo
Not Tight Domi and JD Beck

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