Year-End Lists

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

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Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2018 Atlantic
Best Movies of 2017 Atlantic
35 Best Movies of 2016 Atlantic
22 Best Movies of 2015 Atlantic
30 Best Movies of 2014 Atlantic

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Clean Slate
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sly Thom Zimny
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Oracle Cate Marvin

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