Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The 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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Lists

Best Books of 2020: Nonfiction: BookPage

Our 65 Favorite Books of 2020: Lit Hub
Nonfiction 2020: Kirkus Reviews: Kirkus Prize

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian

Trending Works

Goat Girl Goat Girl
Widows Steve McQueen
Predators David Osit
The Souvenir Part II Joanna Hogg
Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Revengeseekerz Jane Remover
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Gemini Rights Steve Lacy
Operation Avalanche Matt Johnson
Dragon Peter Chan
Urchin Harris Dickinson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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