Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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1. Best 50 Releases of 2024: The Alternative
This Place You Know
1. Top 50 Albums of 2021: Brooklyn Vegan
2. The 50 Best Albums Of 2021: Stereogum

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The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant

Trending Works

The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Goal/Tender Meat/Tender Paul Cunningham
Vice Principals
Alpha Julia Ducournau
XXX Danny Brown
Top of the Lake Jane Campion and Garth Davis
Sticker NCT 127
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers

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