Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Katie Mack

The End of Everything
- 100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times
- Best Nonfiction of 2020: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of the Decade (2010-2019) Jonathan Rosenbaum
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of the Decade 2010-2019 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
LP Big Stick
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Javelin Sufjan Stevens
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat Johan Grimonprez
The Finest Hotel in Kabul Lyse Doucet
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Avengers: Endgame Anthony and Joe Russo
House of Huawei Eva Dou
The Loneliest Planet Julia Loktev
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Crossroads Jonathan Franzen
The Galleons Rick Barot

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