Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Best Films of 2018: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
50 Best Albums of 2014 Complex
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025 Lauren Passell · Lifehacker
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Beginners Mike Mills
The White Lotus, season 2 Mike White
The Blackmailer's Guide to Love Marian Thurm
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Nexus Yuval Noah Harari
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Twilight Zone Nona Fernández
The Candy House Jennifer Egan
Graduation Cristian Mungiu
Destroyer of Light Jennifer Marie Brissett
The Soulmate Equation Christina Lauren
Spotlight: Snitch City
Sorry I Haven't Called Vagabon

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