Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire

Trending Works

Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
Eternity, In Your Arms Creeper
Emails I Can't Send Sabrina Carpenter
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Moderation Elaine Castillo
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Text Me When You Get Home Kayleen Schaefer

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