Year-End Lists

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

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Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lingua Franca

by Isabel Sandoval

Lists

Favorite Movies of 2020: Hyperallergic

Top 10 Films of 2020: Cole Duffy: Cinema Etc.
The 10 Best Films from 2020: Sean Burns: WBUR: ARTery

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

R.I.P. Actress
The Seduction of Kansas Priests
The Waldheim Waltz Ruth Beckermann
Stubborn Persistent Illusions Do Make Say Think
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Glimmer Kimberly Shannon Murphy with Genevieve Field
XXX Danny Brown
The Leftovers
Flesh David Szalay
Five Seconds Flat Lizzy McAlpine
Articulate Rachel Kolb
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon
Bergman Island Mia Hansen-Løve

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