Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lera Lynn

Plays Well with Others
- Favorite Roots Music Albums of 2018: No Depression
Resistor
1. Top 50 Albums of 2016: American Songwriter
The Avenues
1. Top 50 Albums of 2014: American Songwriter

Trending Lists

80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
On Falling Laura Carreira
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Getting Killed Geese
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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