Year-End Lists

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

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Claire Fallon: HuffPost
100 Notable Books of 2020: New York Times: New York Times
15 Favorite Books of 2020: A.V. Club

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top Ten Films of 2025 Matt Patches · Fighting in the War Room
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Heart the Lover Lily King
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Ripley Steven Zaillian
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Vincent Le Port
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
Visions of Bodies Being Burned clipping.
Flesh David Szalay
Happyend Neo Sora
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland

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