Year-End Lists

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

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Adam Morgan: Esquire: The 35 Best Books of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Owen Gleiberman: Variety: The Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

12 Best Poetry Books of 2016: Chicago Review of Books

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2020 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Fiction Books of 2022 Annabel Gutterman · Time
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Movies of 2020 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 35 Best Books of 2025 Adam Morgan · Esquire

Trending Works

Jeune Cinéma Yves-Marie Mahé
Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson
The Wolf and the Watchman Scott C. Johnson
Melancholia Lars von Trier
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
The Grey Album Kevin Young
American Scary Jeremy Dauber
An Oral History of Atlantis Ed Park
Live Forever Bartees Strange
Essex Honey Blood Orange
Kingdom: Ashin of the North Kim Seong-hun
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Tomboy Céline Sciamma
The Unknown Man of Shandigor Jean-Louis Roy

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