Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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by Andrzej Jakimowski

Lists

Top 5 Films of 2012: Peter Hames: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Avatar: Fire and Ash James Cameron
Music For Four Guitars Bill Orcutt
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Nickel Boys RaMell Ross
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino

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