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
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Matías Piñeiro

Lists

Top 25 Movies of 2021: K. Austin Collins: Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2021: Richard Brody: New Yorker

21 Most Underrated Movies of 2021: Cassie da Costa: Vanity Fair
Top 10 Films of 2020: Dennis Lim: Film Society of Lincoln Center

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
10 Best Books of 2012 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2020 Wall Street Journal
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal

Trending Works

American Prison Shane Bauer
American Eden Victoria Johnson
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Succession
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion Harry Lighton
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

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