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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. Best Movies of 2020: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Clean Slate
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sly Thom Zimny
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Idlewild Idlewild
Francesca David Murray Quartet
The Sunshine Place
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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