Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

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

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