Year-End Lists

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

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Clarisse Loughrey: Independent: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Albums of 2025 Variety
The Best Albums of 2024 Variety
The Best Albums of 2023 Variety
The Best Albums of 2022 Variety
The Best Albums of 2021 Variety
The Best Albums of 2020 Variety
The Best Albums of 2019 Variety

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Albums of 2022 Jon Caramanica · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Clarisse Loughrey · Independent
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Esther Perel
Embers of the Hands Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Le Kov Gwenno
Interstellar Christopher Nolan
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
A Lifetime of Riding by Night Rhett Miller
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows... Steven Pinker
Fargo
Eno Gary Hustwit
Trip Amie Barrodale
The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy James McMurtry
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman

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