Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Dylan Thomas Prize: 2025 Award
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Crack Magazine
Top 50 Albums of 2025: The Wire

Favorite Albums of 2025: Tone Glow

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean various artists
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Weapons Zach Cregger
Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Her Spike Jonze

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