Year-End Lists

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

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2024 Award: Dylan Thomas Prize

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Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Movie Club 2025 Slate · Movie Club
Best Films of 2025 Spectrum Culture
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker

Trending Works

Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Rakshak Bloodywood
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Projections Romare
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire

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