Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
We the People Jill Lepore
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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