Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Brian Tallerico: RogerEbert.com: Top Ten Films of 2024
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1. 50 Favorite Albums of the 2010s: Jordan Cronk
2. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s: Pitchfork

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2024 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2016 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
10 Best Poetry Books of 2015 David Orr · New York Times
Best Films of 2017 David Ansen · Village Voice · Village Voice Film Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2024 Brian Tallerico · RogerEbert.com

Trending Works

Dìdi Sean Wang
Long Player Late Bloomer Ron Sexsmith
Black Bag Steven Soderbergh
Strangers and Intimates Tiffany Jenkins
Get Up Sequences Part Two The Go! Team
Die In Love Greet Death
Cloud Cuckoo Land Anthony Doerr
Graves Without a Name Rithy Panh
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han
Mrs. Fletcher
Visitor Empath
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni
Loudermilk
Floating Features La Luz

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