Year-End Lists

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

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Atlantic: The Best Books of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Films of 2024 Slate · Movie Club
Top 25 Movies of 2021 Rolling Stone
Top 20 Movies of 2020 Rolling Stone
The 15 Best Movies of 2019 Vanity Fair
The 30 Best Movies of the 2010s Vanity Fair
10 Best Movies of 2018 Vanity Fair
24 Best Movies of 2017 The Ringer
12 Best Movies of 2016 The Ringer

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2023 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Movies of 2024 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Atlantic
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Shrouds David Cronenberg
Stage Four Touché Amoré
False Dawn George Selgin
Ash is Purest White Jia Zhang-ke
Vortex Gaspar Noé
Under the Skin Linda Villarosa
Giant Beauty [Ahmed]
Empire of AI Karen Hao
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade Of Monsters and Men
Toni Erdmann Maren Ade
XXX Danny Brown
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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