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
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2020: NPR: NPR Music

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Big Dreams, Mister Good Luck
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Kristen Arnett
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Electric Spark Frances Wilson
Boeckner! Boeckner
John & Paul Ian Leslie
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Titane Julia Ducournau
Song to Song Terrence Malick
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Dark Waters Todd Haynes
Passages Ira Sachs

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