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
Nick Schager: Daily Beast: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Physical

Lists

Best Television of 2022: Passerby
Best of TV 2021: Inkoo Kang: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Nick Schager · Daily Beast
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2025 Dave Gonzalez · Fighting in the War Room

Trending Works

Boarding House Reach Jack White
More Pulp
Say Nothing
The Irishman Martin Scorsese
Andor
Galore Oklou
Resurrection Bi Gan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
This Mournable Body Tsitsi Dangarembga
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Body Talk Robyn
Urchin Harris Dickinson
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