Year-End Lists

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

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Film Stage: Top 50 Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Green and Gray
All Fiction
- #44 Best Albums of 2023: Northern Transmissions
Dripping
- #47 The 50 Best Albums of the 2010s: A.V. Club
- #88 The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Vice: Noisey
A Hairshirt of Purpose

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Poetry Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 20 Best Films of 2024 BBC · BBC Culture

Trending Works

Game Night John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
The Water Stealer Maurice Riordan
Insistence Ailbhe Darcy
Deep Lane Mark Doty
The Danger to Be Sane Rosa Montero
Transcription Ben Lerner
Jutland Selima Hill
The Castle Jon Ronson
40 Sonnets Don Paterson
The AGI Chronicles Kevin Roose
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
Beauty/Beauty Rebecca Perry
Hyena! Fran Lock
I Think We're Alone Now Abigail Parry

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