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
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Michael Palmer

Lists

The Best Poetry of 2021: Elisa Gabbert: New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Paradiso Chino Amobi
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Barbie Greta Gerwig
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Resurrection Bi Gan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
King of Kings Scott Anderson
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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