Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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- The 5 Best Films of 2024: Erin Trahan: WBUR

Trending Lists

Records of the Year 2011 Rise
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Must-Read Books of 2025 Time
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Yes! Nadav Lapid
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Rakshak Bloodywood
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes

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