Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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by Mieko Kawakami

Lists

The Best Books of 2021: Thrillist
Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub
15 Favorite Books of 2021: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2015 Rolling Stone
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top Ten Films of 2011 Cinema Scope
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Insecure Men Insecure Men
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Joy as an Act of Resistance Idles
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Be the Cowboy Mitski
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
Bottle It In Kurt Vile
Tell Me How You Really Feel Courtney Barnett
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino Arctic Monkeys
Utopia Björk
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Wide Awake! Parquet Courts

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