Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Songs of Revolution

by Bill Mousoulis

Lists

Top Ten Films of 2017: Adrian Martin

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Oracle Cate Marvin
The Sunshine Place
Sly Thom Zimny
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Idlewild Idlewild
Liars Sarah Manguso

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