Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Ross Lipman

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1. 10 Best Films of 2015: Nicole Brenez: Artforum
- Top 15 Movies of 2016: Dana Stevens: Slate
- 20 Best Films of 2016: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2021 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Poetry of 2019 Library Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
The Northman Robert Eggers
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
From Ground Zero various directors
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Marilyn Agrelo
Inside Scientology Janet Reitman
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Returning to Reims (Fragments) Jean-Gabriel Périot
Delta Kream The Black Keys
Ready Player One Steven Spielberg
Pam & Tommy
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver

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