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 15 Best Films of 2025: USA Today: Cory Woodroof
The Best Books of 2025: Economist
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Ken Follett

The Evening and the Morning
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2020: Washington Post
A Column of Fire
1. Top 10 Books of 2017: Michigan Daily

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
Bleeds Wednesday
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks

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