Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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2. 100 Best Albums of 2011: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Resurrection Bi Gan
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Zbig Edward Luce
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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