Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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The 10 Best Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2023 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2022 Marilou Duponchel · Les Inrocks
75 Best Albums of 2016 Uncut
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2013 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

We're All Alone in This Together Dave
Never Rarely Sometimes Always Eliza Hittman
Afterparties Anthony Veasna So
Sorry to Bother You The Coup
Communion Park Jiha
Luminous Intimacy: The Cinema of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler [retrospective] Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Aftersun Charlotte Wells
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain George Saunders
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
The Off-Season J. Cole
Ancestor Trouble Maud Newton
The Farewell Lulu Wang
Jade Pan Daijing

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