Year-End Lists

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

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Film Society of Lincoln Center

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Top 10 Films of 2020 Dennis Lim
Favorite Films of 2017 Dennis Lim

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win

Trending Works

Oracle Cate Marvin
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Liars Sarah Manguso
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sly Thom Zimny
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein

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