Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Goin’ Down Rockin’: The Last Recordings

by Waylon Jennings

Lists

Top 25 Albums of 2012: Engine 145

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Tonight in Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
Kiff
Dying for Sex
XXX Danny Brown
Health and Safety Emily Witt
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
Maffia
Amandaland
Magellan Lav Diaz
War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves

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