Year-End Lists

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

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Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2025
Peter Debruge: Variety: The Best Movies of 2024
Billboard: Best Albums of 2024
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Artforum: Movies: 2021

Best Films of 2021 Cassie da Costa · Artforum
Best Films of 2021 James Quandt · Artforum
Best Films of 2021 J Hoberman · Artforum
Best Films of 2021 Amy Taubin · Artforum
Best Films of 2021 John Waters · Artforum

Trending Lists

Albums of the Year 2025 Rough Trade
Best Albums of 2024 Billboard
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 David Rooney · Hollywood Reporter
The Best Movies of 2024 Peter Debruge · Variety
Albums of 2011 DIY
The Ten Best Films of 2021 RogerEbert.com
Best Albums of 2011 Mojo
Books of the Year 2011 Benjamin Schwarz · Atlantic

Trending Works

Collapse Aphex Twin
The Worm HMLTD
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dreamland Glass Animals
Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
Between the Temples Nathan Silver
Strange Weekend Porcelain Raft
Devil Is Fine Zeal & Ardor
Electric Light James Bay
A Ghost of Caribou Alice Henderson
You Think It, I'll Say It Curtis Sittenfeld
Islah Kevin Gates
Caught Stealing Darren Aronofsky
Aftersun Charlotte Wells

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