Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019
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by Nicholas Jarecki

Lists

Top 30 Films of 2012: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register
11 Best Films of 2012: David Denby: New Yorker
20 Best Movies of 2012: Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Pareles · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Doga Juana Molina
The Forgotten Space Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
In the Summers Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio
Not Here/Not Now Swans
Fleabag
Instant Life Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, Andrew Kim
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh
Stranger Things
The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty

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