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
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Reviews: Nonfiction 2025
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Lists

Top Ten Films of 2025: Matt Zoller Seitz: RogerEbert.com
The 15 Best Films of 2025: Clarisse Loughrey: Independent

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Resurrection Bi Gan
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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