Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Spy Who Dumped Me

by Susanna Fogel

Lists

Best Movies of 2018: Richard Brody: New Yorker
Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018: Valerie Ettenhofer: Film School Rejects

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2021 Washington Post
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
10 Best Books of 2015 Washington Post
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
The Post Steven Spielberg
Roma Alfonso Cuaron
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
We’re Not Talking The Goon Sax
Getting Killed Geese
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Succession
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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