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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Wagnerism

Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

by Alex Ross

Lists

100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2020: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Zbig Edward Luce
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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