Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. Top Ten Films of 2023: Marya E. Gates: Filmspotting
2. The Best Films of 2022: Dazed
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- Top 10 Films of 2020: Emily Barnett: Les Inrocks

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Exit Simulation Niecy Blues
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
American Prison Shane Bauer
The Long Walk Francis Lawrence
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Getting Killed Geese
Pavements Alex Ross Perry
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade

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