Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Hill, Flower, Fog
- 10 Favorite New Albums of 2020: Hazel Cills
Water Memory
- Favorite Albums of 2017: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Angel Down Daniel Kraus
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Past Lives Celine Song
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology Willie Dunn
Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito
Hamnet Chloé Zhao

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