Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Radical Romantics
Plunge

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Oracle Cate Marvin
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Idlewild Idlewild
Liars Sarah Manguso
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Sly Thom Zimny
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko

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