Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Dublin Literary Award: 2025
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Chicago Waves

by Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

Lists

The Best in 2020 Music: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

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

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