Year-End Lists

Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel Magazine: Top 40 Albums of 2025

Decibel: Top 40 Albums of 2025

Deadguy / Messa / Paradise Lost / Ancient Death / Rwake / ...

Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo Magazine: The 75 Best Albums of 2025

Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025

Pulp / Suede / CMAT / Big Thief / Annie and the Caldwells / ...

Economist: The Best Films of 2025 The Economist: The Best Films of 2025, drawing from films released in America or Britain this year

Economist: The Best Films of 2025

Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2025 Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2025

Rough Trade: Albums of the Year 2025

Viagra Boys / Oklou / Pulp / Cameron Winter / Geese / ...

Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut Magazine: 80 Best Albums of 2025

Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025

Pulp / Stereolab / Suede / Wednesday / Richard Dawson / ...

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2025 The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2025

The Booker Prize: Best Fiction of 2025

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2025 Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2025

Goldsmiths Prize: Best Fiction of 2025

C.D. Rose / Colwill Brown / Yrsa Daley-Ward / ...

Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2025 Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2025 as submitted to the <i>Sight & Sound</i> Poll, listed alphabetically

Jordan Cronk: Top Ten Films of 2025

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2025

Publishers Weekly: Best Poetry Books of 2025

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2025

Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2025

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2025

Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2025

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2025 Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2025

Kirkus Prize: Fiction 2025

For the Win: Cory Woodroof: The Best 15 Films of 2024 Cory Woodroof: The Best 15 Films of 2024, as published by USA Today’s For the Win, in alphabetical order

For the Win: Cory Woodroof: The Best 15 Films of 2024

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2024 Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2024

Reverse Shot: Best Films of 2024

David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2024, his annual video countown

David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2024

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2024 Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2024

Under the Radar: Top 100 Albums of 2024

Magdalena Bay / Nilüfer Yanya / The Cure / Fontaines D.C. / Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds / ...

Cult MTL: Justine Smith: The Best Films of 2024 Justine Smith: The Best Films of 2024, as published by Cult MTL

Cult MTL: Justine Smith: The Best Films of 2024

Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Far Out Magazine: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

Far Out: The 50 Best Albums of 2024

Bill Ryder-Jones / English Teacher / Warmduscher / Fontaines D.C. / MJ Lenderman / ...

La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Nicole Brenez: Best Films of 2024 Nicole Brenez: Best Films of 2024, as submitted to La Internacional Cinéfila Poll in alphabetical order by director, and this year accompanied by a list of films from the past quarter century

Nicole Brenez: Best Films of 2024

Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2024 The Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2024

Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2024

Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2024 Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2024, posted along with a paragraph full of other films that were left out, with brief comments on each

Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2024

Paste: Mara Davis: The Best (Feel-Good) Podcasts to Round Out 2024 Mara Davis: The Best (Feel-Good) Podcasts to Round Out 2024, as published by Paste Magazine, this year with "no true crime, cringey news, wrongful convictions or doom and gloom," and posted alongside ...

Paste: Mara Davis: The Best (Feel-Good) Podcasts to Round Out 2024

Saige Walton: Favorite Films from 2024 Saige Walton: Favorite Films from 2024, as posted to Bluesky, in no particular order

Saige Walton: Favorite Films from 2024

Sean Fennessey: 100 Favorite Movies of 2024 Sean Fennessey: 100 Favorite Movies of 2024, as posted to Letterboxd

Sean Fennessey: 100 Favorite Movies of 2024

La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2024 La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2024, a survey of programmers, critics, and filmmakers from around the world, posted with entries and notes from each participant

La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Movies of 2024

n+1: A.S. Hamrah: The Twenty-Five Best Movies of 2024 A.S. Hamrah: The Twenty-Five Best Movies of 2024, as published by n+1. In his introduction he says, <blockquote>Do you have to read long introductions in which listers explain things, tell you why thi...

n+1: A.S. Hamrah: The Twenty-Five Best Movies of 2024

The Yellow Button: Kelsie Herzog: My Favorite Albums of 2024 Kelsie Herzog: My Favorite Albums of 2024, as posted on her YouTube channel, The Yellow Button, with commentary on each one. She also includes a list of albums, EPs and singles that she enjoyed beyond...

The Yellow Button: Kelsie Herzog: My Favorite Albums of 2024

Michael Sicinski: Twenty-One Experimental Films That Defined 2024 Michael Sicinski: Twenty-One Experimental Films That Defined 2024, a list of favorites

Michael Sicinski: Twenty-One Experimental Films That Defined 2024

AnOther Magazine: The Very Best Films of 2024 AnOther Magazine: The Very Best Films of 2024

AnOther Magazine: The Very Best Films of 2024

Wallpaper: Nick Levine: The 10 Best Films of 2024 Nick Levine: The 10 Best Films of 2024, as published by Wallpaper

Wallpaper: Nick Levine: The 10 Best Films of 2024