Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Stanley Nelson

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
1. 20 Best Movies of 2015: A.O. Scott: New York Times
- 29 Best Films of 2015: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 10 Movies of 2011 Dana Stevens · Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade The Playlist

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Getting Killed Geese
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Looper Rian Johnson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
The Summer is Gone Zhang Dalei
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Beginners Mike Mills
Civil War Alex Garland
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman

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