Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Nicholas Quah: New York: 10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025
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The Animal
1. Best Southern Albums of 2025: Bitter Southerner
Sun Arcs
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Pitchfork
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Paste

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2023 Alissa Wilkinson · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025 Nicholas Quah · New York · Vulture
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Films of 2022 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Wiener-Dog Todd Solondz
Koïma Sidi Touré
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
Emily Alone Florist
Mrs. Fletcher
Brat Charli XCX
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground Chris Smith
Ghostroots 'Pemi Aguda
Both/And Denne Michele Norris (editor)
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Mines Menomena
Andor
20 Days in Mariupol Mstyslav Chernov

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