Year-End Lists

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

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David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2024
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Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire

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The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2024 Town & Country
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

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A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Jubilee Japanese Breakfast
Dream On Ital
Burning Lee Chang-dong
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
The Year of Hibernation Youth Lagoon
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
Blackstar David Bowie
Zola Janicza Bravo
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke
Cowboy Carter Beyoncé
I Want to Live My Life Stars Hollow

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