Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Adam Nayman: The Ringer: The Best Movies of 2025
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Practicing New Worlds

Abolition and Emergent Strategies

by Andrea Ritchie

Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2023: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
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
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Magdalene FKA twigs
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Pillion Harry Lighton
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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