Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Hallow Road Babak Anvari
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Submit X Gesloten Cirkel
Goat Girl Goat Girl
Brat Charli XCX
Premature Rashaad Ernesto Green
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Shell Game
Monsoon Hong Khaou
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Predators David Osit
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Urchin Harris Dickinson

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