Year-End Lists

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

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In Review Online: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The 23 Best Albums of 2023: KCRW

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online

Trending Works

King of Kings Scott Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Zbig Edward Luce
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Motherland Julia Ioffe

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