Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The 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 20 Best Books of 2023: Esquire

Best Nonfiction of 2023: Electric Lit
The 45 Best New Books of 2023: Harper’s Bazaar

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Paddington 2 Paul King
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Fancy That PinkPantheress
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
American Legacies Preservation Hall Jazz Band & The Del McCoury Band
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Assassin Hou Hsiao-Hsien
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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