Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Top Ten Best Films of 2021 Kyle Smith
The Top Ten Best Movies of 2020 Kyle Smith
The Ten Best Films of 2019 Kyle Smith
The Top Ten Best Movies of 2018 Kyle Smith
The Ten Best Movies of 2017 Kyle Smith

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Big Time Angel Olsen
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Crick Professor Matthew Cobb
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
Suspicious Minds
How to End a Story Helen Garner
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
XXX Danny Brown
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates
Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) Darius Jones
Found Sound Faded
Perfect Days Wim Wenders

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