Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Night Comes On

by Jordana Spiro

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50 Best Movies of 2018: Film School Rejects

Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018: Valerie Ettenhofer: Film School Rejects

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2015 Complex
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
12 Best TV Shows of 2016 David Wiegand · San Francisco Chronicle
The Best Books of 2023 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Molly Young · New York · Vulture
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2020 Shondaland
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

A Pillow Book Suzanne Buffam
Legion
The Good Mothers
Mutual Interest Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
A Shining Jon Fosse
I Love Russia Elena Kostyuchenko
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Path of Totality Niina Pollari
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
The Great Offshore Grounds Vanessa Veselka
Romance in Marseille Claude McKay
Grand Tour Elisa Gonzalez
Breathe Mélanie Laurent
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger

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