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
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Fiction and Nonfiction of 2019: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

American Eden Victoria Johnson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Lowdown
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Common Side Effects
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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