Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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- The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Motherland Julia Ioffe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst

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