Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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1. Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Resurrection Bi Gan
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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