Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
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Laura Stanfill

Singing Lessons for the Stylish Canary
- Best Fiction of 2022: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best LGBTQ+ Movies of 2025 Them
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
10 Best Films of 2020 James Quandt · Artforum
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Yon Loader Yon Loader
Poog Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak
Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd Lana Del Rey
The Heart-Shaped Tin Bee Wilson
The Girlfriends
Man in Black Wang Bing
What of Our Nature Haley Heynderickx & Max García Conover
Still Life Kevin Morby
Swirl Flora Hibberd
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Birdeater Jack Clark and Jim Weir
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer

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