Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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The Revolutionists

The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s

by Jason Burke

Lists

The Best Books of 2025: Economist

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
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
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize

Trending Works

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Resurrection Bi Gan
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Her Spike Jonze
La chimera Alice Rohrwacher
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
Edna Martinez Presents Picó: Sound System Culture from the Colombian Caribbean various artists
Saint Omer Alice Diop
The Lighthouse Robert Eggers
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt

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