Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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25 Records Loved in 2011: Jason Diamond: Impose

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Cometh The Storm High On Fire
Time Garrett Bradley
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Get Out Jordan Peele
Vibe Killer Endless Boogie
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Sinners Ryan Coogler

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