Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Francine Prose

Lists

Our 48 Favorite Books of 2021: Lit Hub
50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Emails I Can't Send Sabrina Carpenter
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Text Me When You Get Home Kayleen Schaefer
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Middle Jesse Welles

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