Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Time: The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Blood at the Root

A Racial Cleansing in America

by Patrick Phillips

Lists

10 Best Books of 2016: Library Journal

20 Best Nonfiction Books of 2016: Kate Tuttle: Boston Globe
Top Ten Books of 2016: Chicago Public Library

Trending Lists

10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Movie Club 2025 Slate · Movie Club
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Projections Romare
Long Story Short
Blue Laws Kevin Young
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Detroit 2 Big Sean
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Body Talk Robyn

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