Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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David Byrne

Who Is the Sky?
American Utopia
How Music Works
- 100 Notable Books of 2012: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Sinners Ryan Coogler
Like Cattle Towards Glow Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Kahlil Joseph
The Highest Exam Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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