Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Duquette Johnston

The Social Animals
1. Best Southern Albums of 2022: Bitter Southerner

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks

Trending Works

Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Liars Sarah Manguso
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Oracle Cate Marvin
Idlewild Idlewild
Sly Thom Zimny
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Diamond Eyes Deftones
The Sunshine Place
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Clean Slate

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