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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Divide and Dissolve

Insatiable
1. 115 Favorite Albums Of 2025: Hanif Abdurraqib
2. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
Systemic
1. Albums of the Year 2023: Loud And Quiet
2. 108 Favorite Albums Of 2023: Hanif Abdurraqib
Gas Lit

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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