Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Painting the Roses
1. Top 100 Albums of 2021: Under the Radar
Saturn Over Sunset
1. Top 100 Albums of 2017: Under the Radar

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
12 Favourite Albums of 2011 ChartAttack
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Francesca David Murray Quartet
The Sunshine Place
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Clean Slate
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Liars Sarah Manguso
Oracle Cate Marvin
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko

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