Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Amie Souza Reilly

Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2025: Electric Lit

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Albums of 2025 NPR · NPR Music
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2024 Brian Truitt · USA Today
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Babes Pamela Adlon
Rye Lane Raine Allen-Miller
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Tatsuya Yoshihara
Margin Call J.C. Chandor
Pain to Power Maruja
Cigarettes After Sex Cigarettes After Sex
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Mill and the Cross Lech Majewski
Looper Rian Johnson
Horse Money Pedro Costa

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