Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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- 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times: New York Times
- 7 Favorite Books of 2012: Tina Brown: Daily Beast

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Practicing New Worlds Andrea Ritchie
Pillion Harry Lighton
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
Shakedown Double Virgo
Saint Omer Alice Diop
Weapons Zach Cregger
Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean various artists
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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