Year-End Lists

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

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The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
The Best Books of 2025: Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025: David Ehrlich
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Jerald Walker

How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
- Nonfiction 2020: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen

Trending Works

Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Babygirl Halina Reijn
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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