Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Measures of Expatriation

by Vahni Capildeo

Lists

12 Best Poetry Collections of 2016: E. Ce Miller: Bustle

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
American Prison Shane Bauer
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Common Side Effects
The Lowdown
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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