Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top 26 Movies of 2012: Ty Burr: Boston Globe
20 Best Movies of 2012: Andrew O’Hehir: Salon

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Albums of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Exit Simulation Niecy Blues
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Getting Killed Geese
All We Imagine as Light Payal Kapadia
American Prison Shane Bauer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Morning Circle Basma al-Sharif
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman

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