Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Louis Menand

The Free World

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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