Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: Top 11 Films of 2012
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top Ten Films of 2018
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- 16 Best Books of 2022: Constance Grady: Vox
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- 19 Best Nonfiction Books of 2017: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2018 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
16 Favorite Movies of 2014 Karina Longworth
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Red Rooms Pascal Plante
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Blackstar David Bowie
$ad Boyz 4 Life II Junior H
A Psalm for Emily Salvi Nerina Pallot
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Earthling Eddie Vedder
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
Elixa Th Blisks
Sudan Archives Sudan Archives
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
DX Friendzone
Cry Sugar Hudson Mohawke

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