Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Arbouretum

The Gathering
1. Best Albums of 2011: Mojo

Trending Lists

Ten Experimental Films That Defined 2025 Michael Sicinski
Top 100 Albums of 2012 Austin Town Hall
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2012 Fly
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
20 Best Albums of 2012 L Magazine
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Embedded: Alternate Realities
Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes)
A United Kingdom Amma Asante
Left-Handed Girl Shih-Ching Tsou
Interview with the Vampire
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Deep Water Adrian Lyne
Notes on Blindness Peter Middleton and James Spinney
Fucktoys Annapurna Sriram
A Very English Scandal
Bone Valley
Twin Peaks (Music from the Limited Event Series) various artists
Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's

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