Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Killers of a Certain Age

by Deanna Raybourn

Lists

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

2022 Best Books of the Year: Shelf Awareness

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Andor
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami
XXX Danny Brown
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Boom Town Sam Anderson
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins

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