Year-End Lists

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

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The 20 Best Movies of 2025: Rolling Stone: David Fear
The Best Books of 2025: New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
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Us (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- The Year in Music: Steve Erickson: GCN

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
Truly, Madly Stephen Galloway
Bleeds Wednesday
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Babygirl Halina Reijn
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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