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
Publishers Weekly: 10 Best Books of 2026
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2021 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2019 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2016 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 5 Films of 2012 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

20 Best Films of 2016 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Top 15 Films of 2014 Scott Tobias · The Dissolve
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 20 Films of 2014 In Review Online
Top 15 Films of 2014 Noel Murray · The Dissolve
Top 10 Movies of 2014 Jake Coyle · AP
10 Best Books of 2026 Publishers Weekly
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Films of 2014 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
40 Sonnets Don Paterson
Game Night John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Insistence Ailbhe Darcy
Beauty/Beauty Rebecca Perry
The Bees Carol Ann Duffy
I Think We're Alone Now Abigail Parry
Deep Lane Mark Doty
Transcription Ben Lerner
The Water Stealer Maurice Riordan
The Castle Jon Ronson
Jutland Selima Hill
Hyena! Fran Lock
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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