Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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