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
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Ben Macintyre

The Siege
The Spy and the Traitor
- 100 Notable Books of 2018: Washington Post
Rogue Heroes
- The 10 Best Books of 2016: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
24 Frames Abbas Kiarostami
XXX Danny Brown
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Weapons Zach Cregger
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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