Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Jerald Walker

How to Make a Slave and Other Essays
- Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
- Nonfiction 2020: National Book Award

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2021 Mojo
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2016 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Poetry Collections of 2025 Electric Lit

Trending Works

Songs Deptford Goth
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Avengers Joss Whedon
Father Mother Sister Brother Jim Jarmusch
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese
Salonen: Violin Concerto Leila Josefowicz
echo Indigo Sparke
The Lowdown
Weekend Andrew Haigh
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Platform Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
Body Talk Robyn

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