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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top Books of 2024 WBUR · Here & Now
Best Books of 2022 The Stacks Podcast

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Weapons Zach Cregger
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
World’s Strongest Man Gaz Coombes
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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