Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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by John Hyams

Lists

The Best Films of 2020: A.A. Dowd: A.V. Club

Best Films of 2020: Glenn Heath Jr.

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Albums of 2025 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Fargo
GNX Kendrick Lamar
Maria Pablo Larraín
Severance
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Bikeriders Jeff Nichols
Enys Men Mark Jenkin
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Celebrity Book Club with Steven & Lily
Empty Netters
Hit Man Richard Linklater
A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

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