Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Playing Possum

by Kevin Davey

Lists

Best Fiction of 2017: Goldsmiths Prize

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Predators David Osit
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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