Year-End Lists

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

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Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Smahtguy

The Life and Times of Barney Frank

by Eric Orner

Lists

Best Nonfiction of 2022: Powell's Books

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
A Small Light
Pillion Harry Lighton
XXX Danny Brown
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Tár Todd Field
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley
Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
All-Night Pharmacy Ruth Madievsky
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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