Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Lyrics

1956 to the Present

by Paul McCartney

Lists

50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Pillion Harry Lighton
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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