Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Burning Questions

Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021

by Margaret Atwood

Lists

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2023 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Nonfiction of 2025 Electric Lit
25 Best Rock Albums of 2020 Ultimate Classic Rock
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2015 Spin
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Dana Stevens · Slate

Trending Works

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Interior Chinatown Charles Yu
We Get By Mavis Staples
First Reformed Paul Schrader
Terrifier 2 Damien Leone
Everything Everywhere All at Once Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
The Rehearsal Nathan Fielder
The 317th Platoon Pierre Schoendoerffer
The Disciple Chaitanya Tamhane
The Rider Chloé Zhao
BlackBerry Matt Johnson
Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola
The Forbidden Room Guy Maddin
Coup 53 Taghi Amirani

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