Year-End Lists

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

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
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August Kleinzahler

Before Dawn on Bluff Road / Hollyhocks in the Fog
- Best Poetry of 2017: David Orr: New York Times

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Resurrection Bi Gan
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra

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