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
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Uncut: 80 Best Albums of 2025
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The Kingdom of Sand

by Andrew Holleran

Lists

The 50 Best Books of the Year 2022: BBC: BBC Culture
The 5 Best Books of 2022: Jessica Ferri: Los Angeles Times

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Premature Rashaad Ernesto Green
Brat Charli XCX
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Goat Girl Goat Girl
Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage
Predators David Osit
Operation Avalanche Matt Johnson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Urchin Harris Dickinson

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