Year-End Lists

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

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In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Ilan Stavans and Josh Lambert, editors

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

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The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Predators David Osit
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Resurrection Bi Gan
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka

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