Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2018
Top 50 Albums of 2017
Top 50 Albums of 2016
Top 100 Albums of 2012
Top 50 Albums of 2011

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Sunshine Place
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Oracle Cate Marvin
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Clean Slate
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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