diff --git a/src/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.ts b/src/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.ts
index 7ff0dba1..bd76e3b6 100644
--- a/src/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.ts
+++ b/src/camera-manager/reolink/engine-reolink.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { add, endOfDay, parse, startOfDay } from 'date-fns';
 import { orderBy } from 'lodash-es';
 import { CameraConfig } from '../../config/schema/cameras';
 import { getViewMediaFromBrowseMediaArray } from '../../ha/browse-media/browse-media-to-view-media';
+import { sortMostRecentFirst } from '../../ha/browse-media/sort';
 import {
   BROWSE_MEDIA_CACHE_SECONDS,
   BrowseMedia,
@@ -212,6 +213,8 @@ export class ReolinkCameraManagerEngine extends BrowseMediaCameraManagerEngine {
           matcher: (media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>) =>
             media.can_expand &&
             isMediaWithinDates(media, matchOptions?.start, matchOptions?.end),
+          sorter: (media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[]) =>
+            sortMostRecentFirst(media),
         },
       ],
       {
@@ -275,6 +278,8 @@ export class ReolinkCameraManagerEngine extends BrowseMediaCameraManagerEngine {
               matcher: (media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>) =>
                 !media.can_expand &&
                 isMediaWithinDates(media, perCameraQuery.start, perCameraQuery.end),
+              sorter: (media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[]) =>
+                sortMostRecentFirst(media),
             },
           ],
           {
diff --git a/src/ha/browse-media/sort.ts b/src/ha/browse-media/sort.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1504b2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ha/browse-media/sort.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { orderBy } from 'lodash-es';
+import { BrowseMediaMetadata, RichBrowseMedia } from './types';
+
+// Unlike sorting of view items (see card-controller/view/sort.ts), for browse
+// media we often need to sort by most recent first to apply an item count
+// cutoff from the most recent (this differs from how items may be sorted prior
+// to presentation).
+//
+// See: https://github.com/dermotduffy/advanced-camera-card/issues/2078
+
+export const sortMostRecentFirst = (
+  media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[],
+): RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[] => {
+  return orderBy(media, (media) => media._metadata?.startDate, 'desc');
+};
diff --git a/tests/ha/browse-media/sort.test.ts b/tests/ha/browse-media/sort.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36d87e07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ha/browse-media/sort.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import {
+  BrowseMediaMetadata,
+  RichBrowseMedia,
+} from '../../../src/ha/browse-media/types';
+import { createBrowseMedia, createRichBrowseMedia } from '../../test-utils';
+import { sortMostRecentFirst } from '../../../src/ha/browse-media/sort';
+
+const createMetadata = (
+  metadata: Partial<BrowseMediaMetadata>,
+): BrowseMediaMetadata => ({
+  cameraID: 'camera.office',
+  startDate: new Date('2025-05-10T20:22:00Z'),
+  endDate: new Date('2025-05-10T20:22:10Z'),
+  ...metadata,
+});
+
+describe('sortMostRecentFirst', () => {
+  it('should return an empty array when given an empty array', () => {
+    const media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[] = [];
+    expect(sortMostRecentFirst(media)).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  it('should sort media by startDate in descending order', () => {
+    const media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[] = [
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 1',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-10T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 2',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-12T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 3',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-11T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+    ];
+    const expected: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[] = [
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 2',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-12T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 3',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-11T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 1',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-10T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+    ];
+    expect(sortMostRecentFirst(media)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle items with undefined startDate by placing them at the end', () => {
+    const media: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[] = [
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 1',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-10T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+      createBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 2',
+      }),
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 3',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-12T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+      createBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 4',
+      }),
+    ];
+    const expected: RichBrowseMedia<BrowseMediaMetadata>[] = [
+      createBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 2',
+      }),
+      createBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 4',
+      }),
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 3',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-12T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+      createRichBrowseMedia({
+        title: 'Media 1',
+        _metadata: createMetadata({ startDate: new Date('2025-05-10T20:29:00.000Z') }),
+      }),
+    ];
+
+    expect(sortMostRecentFirst(media)).toEqual(expected);
+  });
+});