Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Alice Oswald

Lists

Best Poetry Books of 2019: Via Negativa

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
American Prison Shane Bauer
Common Side Effects
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Lowdown
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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