Year-End Lists

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

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Ryan Swen: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Three Identical Strangers
1. The Top Ten Best Movies of 2018: Kyle Smith: National Review
2. Ten Best Films of 2018: David Sterritt: Films in Focus

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sly Thom Zimny
Francesca David Murray Quartet
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Liars Sarah Manguso
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Oracle Cate Marvin
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
The Sunshine Place
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay

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