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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

by Matthew Killip

Lists

Top 25 Films of 2020: Robert Daniels

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

John & Paul Ian Leslie
Dying Cory Taylor
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Titane Julia Ducournau
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Kristen Arnett
Boeckner! Boeckner
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Dark Waters Todd Haynes
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Electric Spark Frances Wilson
Passages Ira Sachs
Song to Song Terrence Malick
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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