Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by K-Ming Chang

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Fiction 2021: PEN/Faulkner Award
The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Monkey Man Dev Patel
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
Looper Rian Johnson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Elsbeth
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Beginners Mike Mills
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
A Small Light
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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