Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Sinners Ryan Coogler
CODA Sian Heder
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Get Out Jordan Peele
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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