Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Cord Jefferson

American Fiction

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Weapons Zach Cregger
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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