Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Barbarian Days

A Surfing Life

by William Finnegan

Lists

Top 10 Books of 2015: San Francisco Chronicle
10 Best Books of 2015: Publishers Weekly

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
The History of Sound Oliver Hermanus
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Resurrection Bi Gan
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Predators David Osit

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