Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Best Films of 2025 Observer
10 Best Films of 2024 Observer
10 Best Films of 2023 Observer
Films of the Year 2022 Screen
Films of the Year 2021 Screen
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Prison Shane Bauer
Getting Killed Geese
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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