Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Jonathan Franzen

Crossroads
1. 20 Favorite Books of 2021: Oprah Daily
The End of the End of the Earth
- 100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
Purity
1. 15 Best Books of 2015: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The 30 Best Films of 2023 Little White Lies
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Movies of 2023 Peter Travers · ABC News · Good Morning America
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
10 Best Podcasts of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2023 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

Silver Eye Goldfrapp
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Live In Paris Lolina
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
XXX Danny Brown
Long Story Short
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Family Portrait Ross from Friends
God Said No Omar Apollo
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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