Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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Pastor's Paradox
1. The 23 Best Albums of 2023: KCRW

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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