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
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024
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Aflame
- The Top 25 Books for 2025: Christian Science Monitor
The Half Known Life
- 100 Notable Books of 2023: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
Elixa Th Blisks
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Earthling Eddie Vedder
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
Blackstar David Bowie
A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot
DX Friendzone
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow

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