Year-End Lists

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

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IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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- The Best Books of 2020: Harper’s Bazaar
- The 100 Must-Read Books of 2020: Time

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Boom Town Sam Anderson
A Guardian and a Thief Megha Majumdar
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
L'Aventura Sophie Letourneur
Weapons Zach Cregger

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