Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2023 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2022 Artforum
10 Best Films of 2020 Artforum
Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2018 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
13 Best Films of 2017 Artforum

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow Julia Loktev
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Unseen Truth Sarah Lewis
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Resurrection Bi Gan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger

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