Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Best Southern Albums of 2022: Bitter Southerner

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Liars Sarah Manguso
The Sunshine Place
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate
Oracle Cate Marvin
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Sly Thom Zimny

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