Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Cheri Knight

American Rituals
1. Albums of the Year 2022: Quietus
- The Best Music of 2022: Jennifer Lucy Allan: Quietus
- 2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
American Eden Victoria Johnson

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