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
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best 50 Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Scott Tobias · The Reveal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Western Valeska Grisebach
Love Lies Bleeding Rose Glass
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
2020 Richard Dawson
GoldenHeart Dawn Richard
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Decision to Leave Park Chan-wook
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Resurrection Bi Gan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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