Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

10 Best TV Shows of 2024: Barbara Ellen: Observer

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Liars Sarah Manguso
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Oracle Cate Marvin
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Francesca David Murray Quartet

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