Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Top 10 Movies of 2021 San Francisco Chronicle
Best Movies of 2018 San Francisco Chronicle

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The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Movies of 2011 Dana Stevens · Slate
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the Decade The Playlist
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Civil War Alex Garland
From Ground Zero
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras
The Impossible Fortune Richard Osman
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
good kid, m.A.A.d city Kendrick Lamar
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Summer is Gone Zhang Dalei
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Beginners Mike Mills
Getting Killed Geese
The Wilderness Angela Flournoy

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