Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Top 40 Albums of 2023: Decibel

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The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
American Prison Shane Bauer
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Exit Simulation Niecy Blues
Twinless James Sweeney

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