Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Best Books of 2025: Book Riot
Best Novels of 2025: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Albums of 2011 Claire Suddath · Time
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Be the Cowboy Mitski
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Suspicious Minds
XXX Danny Brown
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
U R HERE Honesty
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
A Seat at the Table Solange
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin

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