Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Side Notes from the Archivist

by Anastacia-Reneé

Lists

Best Poetry of 2023: New York Public Library

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Horse Money Pedro Costa
Warfare Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Monster Hirokazu Kore-eda
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
Buck Cindy Meehl
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Her Spike Jonze
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Dope Thief

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