Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

30 Favorite Films of 2017: Justine Smith

Top Ten Films of 2017: Denis Côté: Lists Curated by Toronto Film Review

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
See You in the Stars Lightning Seeds
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Resurrection Bi Gan
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Zbig Edward Luce
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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