Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1

by Alabaster DePlume

Lists

Favorite Albums of 2020: Jeremy D. Larson

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Her Spike Jonze
Buck Cindy Meehl
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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