Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by Mary Halvorson

Lists

45 Favorite Albums of My 2025: Brad Luen
The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
The 80 Best Albums of 2025: PopMatters
Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Wire
Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus

The Best Music of 2025: Carl Wilson: Slate
Best Albums of 2025: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Bo Burnham: Inside Bo Burnham
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Assassin Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Stillness in Wonderland Little Simz
Fancy That PinkPantheress
Paddington 2 Paul King
American Eden Victoria Johnson

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