Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Ben Ehrenreich

Desert Notebooks
- 100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times
The Way to the Spring
- 100 Recommended Books of 2016: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Movies of 2024 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
Those Who Are About to Die Harry Sidebottom
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Weapons Zach Cregger
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Phoenician Scheme Wes Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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