Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Benoit Rouilly: Best Films of 2025
Austin Noto-Moniz: Favorite Films of 2025
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Affinities

On Art and Fascination

by Brian Dillon

Appears on one list

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2023: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Movies of 2025 Sarah Welch-Larson
Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Benoit Rouilly
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Favorite Films of 2025 Austin Noto-Moniz
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Blind Plea
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Youth (Hard Times) Wang Bing
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Parasite Bong Joon-ho
Running In Waves George Riley
Queen of Diamonds Nina Menkes
I Believe in Unicorns Leah Meyerhoff
Suntub ML Buch
Viscera Jenny Hval
Affinities Brian Dillon
Knife Salman Rushdie
Anton's Right Here Lyubov Arkus
Thinking, Fast and Slow Daniel Kahneman

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