Year-End Lists

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

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A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Favorite Albums of 2025
Favorite Albums of 2024
Our Favorite Albums, 2023
Our Favorite Albums, 2022
Our Favorite Albums, 2021

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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
Top Ten Films of 2025 Christy Lemire · RogerEbert.com
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Albums of the Year 2025 New Statesman
Top Tens 2016 Fighting in the War Room
Best Movies of 2025 La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd

Trending Works

Alpha Julia Ducournau
Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Isao Takahata
Long Day's Journey Into Night Bi Gan
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Virgin Lorde
Sea of Lies
Tom Lake Ann Patchett
Terrifier 2 Damien Leone
The Last Hundred Days Patrick McGuinness
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Like Someone in Love Abbas Kiarostami

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