Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Lech Majewski

The Mill and the Cross
- Favorite Films of 2011: Dennis Harvey: San Francisco Bay Guardian
- Top 10 Films of 2011: Nick Pinkerton

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Diamond Eyes Deftones
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Clean Slate
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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