Year-End Lists

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

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David Sims: Atlantic: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: Top 11 Films of 2012
Christian Science Monitor: The Top 25 Books for 2025
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by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler

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Top 5 Films of 2012: Sukhdev Sandu: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

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The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2024 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025 Brendan Menapace · Esquire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
Top 11 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 40 Albums of 2025 Decibel
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Top 25 Books for 2025 Christian Science Monitor
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Jubilee Japanese Breakfast
Manning Fireworks MJ Lenderman
What You Want Maureen N. McLane
Zola Janicza Bravo
Trifle Lone Taxidermist
The Thread That Keeps Us Calexico
Hotel by the River Hong Sang-soo
Blackstar David Bowie
The Trackless Woods Iris DeMent
The Year of Hibernation Youth Lagoon
Midnight Room Springtime Carnivore
Sour Soul BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah
A Better Ghost Jeremy Cunningham / Dustin Laurenzi / Paul Bryan
Cowboy Carter Beyoncé

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