Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Film Comment: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Rites
- 50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Past Lives Celine Song
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
XXX Danny Brown
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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