Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
For the Win: Cory Woodroof: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Wall Street Journal: Kyle Smith: The Best Movies of 2025
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John Boyne

A Ladder to the Sky
- Washington Post: 100 Notable Books of 2018
A History of Loneliness
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch: 50 Best Books of 2015

Trending Lists

Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound Poll: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
For the Win: Cory Woodroof: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Kirkus Prize: Nonfiction 2025
The Needle Drop: Anthony Fantano: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Wall Street Journal: Kyle Smith: The Best Movies of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
New Yorker: Richard Brody: The Best Films of 2025

Trending Works

Matlock
Afternoons of Solitude
A House of Dynamite
Truly, Madly
It Was Just an Accident
Nat King Cole & Me
Jay Kelly
Amusers and Puzzlers
South Park
Sirāt
The Secret Agent
Hallow Road
Sinners
Die My Love

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