Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Cold Sea
1. 80 Best Albums of 2024: Uncut
2. 75 Best Albums of 2024: Mojo

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Liars Sarah Manguso
Sly Thom Zimny
Francesca David Murray Quartet
The Sunshine Place

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