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
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 50 Best Movies of 2024: Guardian

Best Movies of 2024: Lindsey Bahr: AP

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Weapons Zach Cregger
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Pillion Harry Lighton
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie

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