Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
IndieWire: The 25 Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Going Through It

by Eliza McLamb

Lists

Favorite Albums of 2024: Grace Robins-Somerville

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Boom Town Sam Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Get Out Jordan Peele
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie
Mother Mary Comes to Me Arundhati Roy

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