Year-End Lists

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

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2021
Best Films of 2020 Screen Slate
Best Films of 2019
Best Movies of the 2010s

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
XXX Danny Brown
Days Tsai Ming-liang
Four Daughters Kaouther Ben Hania
Passages Ira Sachs
The Glowing Man Swans
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
A Small Light
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Pillion Harry Lighton

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