Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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- The Best Books of the Year 2020: Lindsay Baker: BBC: BBC Culture
So You Want to Talk About Race
1. Best Books of 2018: Paste
2. Best Books of 2018: Entropy

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2022 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Middle Jesse Welles
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Getting Killed Geese
Moderation Elaine Castillo
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Brat Charli XCX

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