Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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J. Michael Martinez

Museum of the Americas
- The Poetry I Was Grateful For in 2018: Dan Chiasson: New Yorker
- Poetry 2018: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
Best Novels of 2025 Electric Lit
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
The Pitt
Painted Lucky Daye
From the Private Collection of Saba and No I.D. Saba & No I.D.
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Pachinko Parlour Elisa Shua Dusapin
The Furrows Namwali Serpell
Tár Todd Field
XXX Danny Brown
Nope Jordan Peele
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
The CIA Book Club Charlie English

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