Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by James Vanderbilt

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18 Best Movies of 2015: Stephen Holden: New York Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Succession
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
Getting Killed Geese
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Post Steven Spielberg

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