Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Wayne Koestenbaum

Circus
- Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: Dennis Cooper
Camp Marmalade
- Favorite Poetry of 2018: Dennis Cooper
Lounge Act
- Favorite Poetry Collections of 2017: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2015 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 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 Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
XXX Danny Brown
Eddington Ari Aster
Keeper of the Shepherd Hannah Frances
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Broker Hirokazu Kore-eda
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Lowdown

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