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
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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by Elaine McMillion Sheldon

Lists

Top Ten Films of 2023: Marya E. Gates: Filmspotting

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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