Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon

The Central Park Five
1. 25 Favorite Films of 2012: A.O. Scott: New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
10 Favorite Books of 2025 Maureen Corrigan · NPR · Fresh Air
My Favorite Fiction of 2020 Katy Waldman · New Yorker
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2014 Pitchfork

Trending Works

U R HERE Honesty
A Separation Asghar Farhadi
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Adolescence
Needs Continuum Karen Gwyer
The Other 2/5ths or: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Trench Baby!! Ghais Guevara
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
XXX Danny Brown
Deaf President Now! Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim
Suspicious Minds
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Paper Girl Beth Macy
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Aftersun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Oliver Coates

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