Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Carlos López Estrada

Lists

Top Ten Films of 2021: Odie Henderson: RogerEbert.com

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Glowing Man Swans
XXX Danny Brown
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Plain Bad Heroines Emily M. Danforth
Syncope Asiya Wadud
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Elsbeth
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
Pillion Harry Lighton
Beginners Mike Mills
A Small Light
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese

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