Year-End Lists

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

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Les Inrocks: Our Top Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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- 2013 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Our Top Films of 2025 Les Inrocks
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

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

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