Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
A.A. Dowd: The Best Films of 2025
Ben Kenigsberg: RogerEbert.com: Top Ten Films of 2025
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by James Benning

Lists

Best Movies of 2017: Robert Koehler

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Fingernails Christos Nikou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
A Still Small Voice Luke Lorentzen
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Idlewild Idlewild
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
The Color Wheel Alex Ross Perry
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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