Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2016: Carl Wilson: Slate

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Health and Safety Emily Witt
Maffia
War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
Anora Sean Baker
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Kiff
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt

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