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
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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A Chinese Road Trip

by Peter Hessler

Lists

The 20 Best Works of Nonfiction of the 2010s: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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