Year-End Lists

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

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Top 10 Films of 2025: Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Justin Chang
The Best Films of 2025: New Yorker: Richard Brody
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Prelude to Bruise

by Saeed Jones

Lists

The 10 Best Poetry Collections of the Decade: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

YU Rosie Lowe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Getting Killed Geese
Virtuoso Valee and Harry Fraud
Bleeds Wednesday
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Lil Fantasy Vol. 1 Chaeyoung
John Candy: I Like Me Colin Hanks
Return to the Moon EL VY
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein

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