Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Books of 2021 Michael Silverblatt · KCRW
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Idlewild Idlewild
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Devil's Plan
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Clean Slate
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Liars Sarah Manguso

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