Year-End Lists

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

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

Best Movies of 2018: Miriam Bale
Top 50 Films of 2018: Michael Sicinski

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 100 Albums of 2017 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
The Best Movies of 2020 Empire
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Tonight in Jungleland Peter Ames Carlin
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
The Ugly Stepsister Emilie Blichfeldt
Kiff
Lese Majesty Shabazz Palaces
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Amandaland
Health and Safety Emily Witt
War for the Planet of the Apes Matt Reeves
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
Dying for Sex
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Maffia

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