Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Natural History

by James Benning

Lists

12 Favorite Films of 2015: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

10 Best Movies of 2025 Odie Henderson · Boston Globe
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Wicked Jon M. Chu
Cerulean Salt Waxahatchee
Special Lizzo
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Boom Town Sam Anderson
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Weapons Zach Cregger

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