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
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
XXX Danny Brown
Alpha Julia Ducournau
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami

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