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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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The Book Censor's Library

by Bothayna Al-Essa

Lists

The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Films of 2025 Film Stage

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
American Prison Shane Bauer
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Magdalene FKA twigs
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Weapons Zach Cregger
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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