Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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- The 12 Best Books of 2023: WBEZ: Nerdette
- Our 23 Favorite LGBTQ+ Books of 2023: Them

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
Predators David Osit
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason

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