Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Movies of 2020 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
50 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Feu Nekfeu
Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be Nichole Perkins
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Heart the Lover Lily King
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Ends of the Earth Neil Shubin
Train Dreams Clint Bentley

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