Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Pillion Harry Lighton
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Weapons Zach Cregger
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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