Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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1. The 22 Best Albums of 2022: KCRW

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Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Oracle Cate Marvin
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Liars Sarah Manguso
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein

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