Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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The Birdcatcher

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Lists

Our Favorite Books of 2022: Oprah Daily

10 Best Books of 2022: Publishers Weekly
Fiction 2022: National Book Award

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Resurrection Bi Gan
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
The Paperboy Lee Daniels
Weapons Zach Cregger
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph

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