Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top Ten Films of 2025: Tasha Robinson: The Next Picture Show
The 50 Best Films of 2025: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Resurrection Bi Gan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Hamnet Chloé Zhao

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