Year-End Lists

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

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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- 10 Best Poetry Books of 2016: John Freeman: Boston Globe
- The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
XXX Danny Brown
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Silver Eye Goldfrapp
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha

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