Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire
Albums of the Year 2019: Quietus

Favorite Music of 2019: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

The Tsar of Love and Techno Anthony Marra
Top of the Lake Jane Campion and Garth Davis
XXX Danny Brown
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Nosferatu Robert Eggers
Eddington Ari Aster
Crows In The Basilica Chuck Johnson
Sticker NCT 127

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