Year-End Lists

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

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Peter Travers: The Travers Take: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
123 Favorite Albums Of 2024 Hanif Abdurraqib
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
50 Best Albums of 2015 Mojo
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal

Trending Works

Eels Being Dead
Getting Killed Geese
Barry
Songs About You Specifically Michelle
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross
Room 25 Noname
Vera Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel
Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan
Our Loved Ones Anne Émond
Sub-Lingual Tablet The Fall
Sinners Ryan Coogler
XXX Danny Brown
Man in Black Wang Bing

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