Year-End Lists

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

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IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Abraham Verghese

The Covenant of Water

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Motherland Julia Ioffe
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Zbig Edward Luce
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus

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