Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Old 97’s

American Primitive
1. Dean's List 2024: Robert Christgau
Twelfth
1. Top 25 Albums of 2020: Magnet
Graveyard Whistling
1. 20 Favorite Albums of 2017: Listening Through The Lens
Most Messed Up
1. Top 50 Albums of 2014: American Songwriter
2. Top 100 Albums of 2014: Village Voice: Pazz & Jop

Old 97′s

The Grand Theatre, Vol. 2
1. Top 50 Albums of 2011: American Songwriter

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sly Thom Zimny
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
The Sunshine Place
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate

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