Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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by Kathryn Mohr

Lists

115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 30 Albums of 2025: Jordan Cronk
The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste

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10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Pillion Harry Lighton
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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