Year-End Lists

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

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Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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1. Top 20 Movies of 2018: David Fear: Rolling Stone
- Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018: Valerie Ettenhofer: Film School Rejects

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Idlewild Idlewild
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Liars Sarah Manguso
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Oracle Cate Marvin
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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