Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Hannah Tinti

The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
1. 45 Best Books of 2017: Paste
2. The 40 Best Novels of the 2010s: Paste

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Idlewild Idlewild
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Liars Sarah Manguso
Clean Slate
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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