Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Katy Waldman: New Yorker: My Favorite Fiction of 2020
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Why Nations Fail

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

Appears on one list

The 10 Best Books of 2012: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley David Waldstreicher
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line Deepa Anappara
Titanic Rising Weyes Blood
Red Capriccio Blake Williams
The Giverny Document (Single Channel) Ja’Tovia Gary
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Un conte de Michel de Montaigne Jean-Marie Straub
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
Down Cemetery Road
Them
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
Drumming Up Trouble Alvin Curran
La Pivellina Tizza Covi
Rakshak Bloodywood

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