Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Best Southern Albums of 2022: Bitter Southerner
50 Best Albums of 2022: Complex

Best Albums of 2022: Jon Caramanica: New York Times

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd
Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar
The Empire Bruno Dumont
Known and Strange Things Teju Cole
Brat Charli XCX
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Resolution 653 Instra:Mental
Mother Emanuel Kevin Sack
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
Death Farm Carl Hauck
La 167 Farruko

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