Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

The Best Movies of 2025 New York · Vulture
The Best Movies of 2024 New York · Vulture
The Best Movies of 2023 New York · Vulture
The Best Movies of 2022 New York · Vulture
The Best Movies of 2021 New York · Vulture
The Best Movies of 2020 New York · Vulture
Top 10 Movies of 2019 New York · Vulture
Best Movies of 2017 Village Voice
20 Best Movies of 2016 Village Voice
20 Best Movies of 2015 New York · Vulture
Top 20 Films of 2012

Trending Lists

Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

She Has Her Mother’s Laugh Carl Zimmer
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Pillion Harry Lighton
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
American Prison Shane Bauer
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
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