Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Best TV of 2017: Tim Goodman: Hollywood Reporter

Trending Lists

Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Idlewild Idlewild
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Clean Slate
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Sunshine Place
Liars Sarah Manguso
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward

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