Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Electric Arches

by Eve L. Ewing

Lists

10 Best Books of 2017: Chicago Tribune

8 Best Poetry Books of 2017: Chicago Review of Books
10 Best Books of 2017: Chicago Public Library
The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Black Box
When We Were Birds Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Long Story Short
Second Comin’ Korallreven
Call Me by Your Name Luca Guadagnino
A Brighter Summer Day Edward Yang
Wild Houses Colin Barrett
The Souvenir Joanna Hogg
Top Doll Karen McCarthy Woolf
Common Side Effects
Adults
Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg
The Hate U Give George Tillman Jr.
Trainwreck Judd Apatow

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