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
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Derek Cianfrance

Lists

The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Stephanie Zacharek: Time
15 Best Films of 2025: Jordan Ruimy: World of Reel
Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey

The 15 Best Films of 2025: Cory Woodroof: USA Today: For the Win
The 10 Best Movies of 2025: Dana Stevens: Slate
The 25 Best Films of 2025: The Playlist

Trending Lists

The Best Movies of 2020 Justin Chang · Los Angeles Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Ends of the Earth Neil Shubin
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sinners Ryan Coogler
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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