Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Robert Moor

Lists

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Brat Charli XCX
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Channel Orange Frank Ocean
Let's Rock The Black Keys
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Baldwin Nicholas Boggs
Middle Jesse Welles
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Year of the Snitch Death Grips

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