Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Sunshine and Balance Beams
1. The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
- The 45 Best Albums of 2025: Vogue

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Get Out Jordan Peele
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Cometh The Storm High On Fire
Vibe Killer Endless Boogie
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada

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