Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Time Management
1. Favorite Albums of 2015: Jeremy D. Larson
Process
1. Top 100 Albums of 2014: Quietus
- 42 Best Albums of 2013: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

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

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