Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Dennis Lehane

Small Mercies

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top Ten Films of 2025 Tasha Robinson · The Next Picture Show
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Silver Eye Goldfrapp
XXX Danny Brown
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Boom Town Sam Anderson
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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