Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Pamela Paul

100 Things We've Lost to the Internet
1. Best of Books 2021: Christopher Borrelli: Chicago Tribune
My Life with Bob
1. Best Books of 2017: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Moonlight Barry Jenkins
Mad God Phil Tippett
Some Kind of Peace Ólafur Arnalds
XXX Danny Brown
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Ex Machina Alex Garland
The Lowdown
The Books of Jacob Olga Tokarczuk
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Bring Up the Bodies Hilary Mantel
Savage Hills Ballroom Youth Lagoon
Vince Staples Vince Staples
Connie Connie Chung

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