Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
The Best Books of 2024 Economist

Trending Works

Health and Safety Emily Witt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Everything Everywhere All at Once Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves
Tonight in Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
The Rehearsal Nathan Fielder
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Anora Sean Baker

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