Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
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by Deb Olin Unferth

Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Dan Kois: Slate
Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 10 Best Books of 2021 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Ice Tower Lucile Hadzihalilovic
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The MANIAC Benjamin Labatut
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Getting Killed Geese
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Phonetics On and On Horsegirl
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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