Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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- The Best Books I Read in 2019: Constance Grady: Vox

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Goal/Tender Meat/Tender Paul Cunningham
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Alpha Julia Ducournau
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Making Obama
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
Vice Principals
Drive & Cry Emily Nenni
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
XXX Danny Brown
Sticker NCT 127

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