Year-End Lists

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

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Matt Singer: ScreenCrush: The Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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by Joe James

Lists

Albums of the Year 2024: Clash

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology Willie Dunn
Past Lives Celine Song
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Angel Down Daniel Kraus
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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