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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu

Lists

Our Top Films of 2024: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Zbig Edward Luce
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
A Marriage at Sea Sophie Elmhirst
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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