Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal

Chico & Rita
1. 20 Best Movies of 2012: Michael Phillips: Chicago Tribune
- 20 Best Movies of 2012: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
Idlewild Idlewild
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Vida
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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