Year-End Lists

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

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Michael Gordon: Timber Remixed
- 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2025 Matt Singer · ScreenCrush
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology Willie Dunn
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Past Lives Celine Song
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Angel Down Daniel Kraus
Victorian Psycho Virginia Feito
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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