Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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1. Best Films of 2022: Elena Lazic: Sight & Sound: Sight & Sound Poll
2. Top 50 Movies of 2022: Guy Lodge
Catherine Called Birdy

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 David Sims · Atlantic
Top Ten Films of 2025 Tasha Robinson · The Next Picture Show
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Our Top Films of 2025 The Next Picture Show
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

XXX Danny Brown
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Long Story Short
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Taste of Things Trần Anh Hùng
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt

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