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
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Five

The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

by Hallie Rubenhold

Lists

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Movies of 2025 Adam Nayman · The Ringer
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Magdalene FKA twigs
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho
Weapons Zach Cregger
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Pillion Harry Lighton
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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