Year-End Lists

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

The Life of Chuck - Mike Flanagan

Odie Henderson: Boston Globe 10 Best Movies of 2025

I Love LA

W The Best TV Shows of 2025

Train Dreams - Clint Bentley

Bilge Ebiri: Slate Top 20 Films of 2025

Let God Sort Em Out - Clipse

Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop Top 50 Albums of 2025

Salvage - Hedgie Choi

Elisa Gabbert: New York Times The Best Poetry of 2025

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad

Shelf Awareness 2025 Best Books of the Year

Virgin - Lorde

Zara Wiley Best Albums of 2025

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

People The 10 Best Movies of 2025

Lux - Rosalía

Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider The Best Albums of 2025

Ruth - Kate Riley

Nora Biette-Timmons: Jezebel The Best New Novels of 2025

The Wilderness - Angela Flournoy

WBEZ The Best Reads of 2025

Lux - Rosalía

Guardian The 50 Best Albums of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Filmspotting Top 10 Films of 2025

Sinners - Ryan Coogler

IGN The Best Movie of 2025

Lonely People with Power - Deafheaven

Brooklyn Vegan Top 55 Albums of 2025

After Dreaming - Christine Haroutounian

Sam Wigley: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

The Voice of Hind Rajab - Kaouther Ben Hania

Ehsan Khoshbakht: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

With Hasan in Gaza - Kamal Aljafari

David Katz: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

Charles Whitehouse: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross

William Webb: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

Youth (Hard Times) - Wang Bing

Travis Jeppesen: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

The Ice Tower - Lucile Hadzihalilovic

Nick James: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

Blue Heron - Sophy Romvari

Ian Wang: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025

Sirāt - Oliver Laxe

Wendy Ide: Sight & Sound Best Films of 2025