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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Seventh Row Critics Survey

Lists

Best Films of 2019 Jourdain Searles
Best Films of the 2010s Orla Smith
Best Films of the 2010s Lena Wilson

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
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 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

The Lowdown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
XXX Danny Brown
Blind Spot Teju Cole
Godwin Joseph O'Neill
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Eddington Ari Aster
Vince Staples Vince Staples
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Joel & Ethan Coen
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Connie Connie Chung

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