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
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

Best 10 Books of 2024: Lizz Schumer: People

Fiction 2024: National Book Award
The Best Books of 2024: Boston Globe
50 Notable Works of Fiction from 2024: Washington Post
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024: Time
The 16 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2024: Them
10 Favorite Books of 2024: Clare Mulroy: USA Today

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Sinners Ryan Coogler
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hamnet Chloé Zhao

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