Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Yardbarker
Deep Politics
1. Top Albums of 2011: Prefix

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Paper Girl Beth Macy
XXX Danny Brown
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Suspicious Minds
U R HERE Honesty
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
Be the Cowboy Mitski
A Seat at the Table Solange
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Perfect Days Wim Wenders

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