Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

Favorite Films from 2024
2022 Top Film Picks
Favorite Films of 2020
Favorite Films of 2019
Films I Adored in 2018
Best Films of 2017

Trending Lists

The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Movies of 2023 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Idlewild Idlewild
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Diamond Eyes Deftones
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Oracle Cate Marvin
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson

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