Year-End Lists

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

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Best TV Shows of 2019: Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Complex
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Complex
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Q
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Substance Coralie Fargeat
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
The Empire Bruno Dumont
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee David Treuer
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Brat Charli XCX
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
A Visit from the Goon Squad Jennifer Egan
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Connie Live Low Cut Connie

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