Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Matt Berninger

Get Sunk
1. Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
2. 80 Best Albums of 2025: Uncut
- Albums of the Year 2025: Rough Trade
Serpentine Prison

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Moonage Daydream Brett Morgen
Paddington 2 Paul King
Fancy That PinkPantheress
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Eden Victoria Johnson
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Idler Wheel… Fiona Apple
Rise and Kill First Ronen Bergman
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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