Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

15 Favorite Films of 2016: Keith Uhlich

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Movies of 2025 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The Best Podcasts of 2025 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Television Shows of 2023 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 102 Albums of 2012 Robert Christgau · Barnes & Noble Review
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Breakup Season Future Teens
The Florida Project Sean Baker
Shadowbox Beats Antique
Pride & Disaster Sleep On It
Anti Rihanna
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
I Inside the Old Year Dying PJ Harvey
Real Life Emeli Sandé
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Moh Lhean WHY?
Camp Shame
Terry Dactyl Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Civil War Alex Garland

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