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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
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Parader
1. The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
Monument
1. 51 Best Albums of 2020: Gigwise
Romantic Works
1. 51 Favourite Albums of 2014: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Get Out Jordan Peele
Sinners Ryan Coogler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
A Man on the Inside
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams

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