Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Raya and the Last Dragon

by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada

Lists

Best Movies of 2021: Decider
The 50 Best Movies of 2021: Paste

Top Ten Films of 2021: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com
The Best Movies of 2021: Justin Chang: Los Angeles Times
Top Ten Films of 2021: Abby Olcese: RogerEbert.com
Top 10 Films of 2021: Screen Queens

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
50 Best Albums of 2018 Billboard
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s A.V. Club
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Albums of 2021 Dork

Trending Works

I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Flesh David Szalay
Ripley Steven Zaillian
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Return to Seoul Davy Chou
Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Vincent Le Port
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Five Seconds Flat Lizzy McAlpine
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Burning Lee Chang-dong
Happyend Neo Sora
Visions of Bodies Being Burned clipping.
Melancholia Lars von Trier

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