Year-End Lists

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

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Wall Street Journal: The 10 Best Books of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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1. Top Ten Films of 2021: Kristy Puchko: RogerEbert.com
- Top 50 Films of 2021: Robert Daniels

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 In Review Online
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Predators David Osit
Magic, Alive! McKinley Dixon
Souleymane's Story Boris Lojkine
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Asako I & II Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
The Love That Remains Hlynur Pálmason
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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