Year-End Lists

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

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Best Albums Of 2025
The Best Albums Of 2024
The Best Albums of 2023
The 5 Best Albums Of 2022

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The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Getting Killed Geese
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King

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