Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2022 Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano
50 Best Albums of 2020 Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Blue is the Warmest Color Abdellatif Kechiche
The Pitt
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Dope Thief
Azurescens Ssabae
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Her Spike Jonze

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