Year-End Lists

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

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Clarisse Loughrey: Independent: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

The 25 Best Albums of 2025: Time Out
The 75 Best Albums of 2025: Mojo
80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut

The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Josh Terry

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
Top 20 Books of 2017 Time
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Albums of 2022 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Fargo
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Trip Amie Barrodale
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Esther Perel
The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy James McMurtry
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
Le Kov Gwenno
Tearless Amnesia Scanner
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Eno Gary Hustwit
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker

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