Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: Kyle Smith: The Best Movies of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner

Questioning Minds
- Washington Post: 100 Notable Books of 2018

Trending Lists

New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
For the Win: Cory Woodroof: The 15 Best Films of 2025
The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2024
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: Kyle Smith: The Best Movies of 2025

Trending Works

Die My Love
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
One Battle After Another
Afternoons of Solitude
Sirāt
It Was Just an Accident
Truly, Madly
Sinners
A House of Dynamite
Babygirl
Jay Kelly
Weapons
Hallow Road
The Secret Agent

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