Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey

by Terrence Malick

Lists

Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya

15 Favorite Films of 2016: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Getting Killed Geese
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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