Year-End Lists

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

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NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2024
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I Carry You with Me

by Heidi Ewing

Lists

The Best Movies of 2021: Nick Schager: Esquire

Best Films of 2021: David Rooney: Hollywood Reporter
Best Movies of 2021: Ann Hornaday: Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2020: Eric Kohn: IndieWire
The Best 10 Movies of 2020: Randy Myers: Mercury News

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater
Heart, Be at Peace Donal Ryan
Sex Education
Flashlight Susan Choi
Bottoms Emma Seligman
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
More Pulp
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
Parasomnia Dream Theater
Foretold
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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