Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2019 La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Movies of 2017
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Poetry Collections of 2019 Washington Post
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
2025 Dublin Literary Award

Trending Works

Diamond Eyes Deftones
Oracle Cate Marvin
Fingernails Christos Nikou
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Sunshine Place
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso

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