Year-End Lists

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

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Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Books of 2023: Economist

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2021 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2020 Beatrice Loayza · A.V. Club
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
Top 20 Movies of 2014 Dana Stevens · Slate
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
25 Best Films of 2012 Slant
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air

Trending Works

Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Rakshak Bloodywood
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Why Nothing Works Marc J. Dunkelman
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes

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