Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Sayaka Murata

Earthlings
Convenience Store Woman
1. Best Books of 2018: BuzzFeed

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Best Podcasts of 2018 Sarah Larson · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World Radu Jude
Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Past Lives Celine Song
All This Could Be Different Sarah Thankam Mathews
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Book of Disquiet Fernando Pessoa
Peter Hujar's Day Ira Sachs
The Post Steven Spielberg
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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