Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Chris Ryan
Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Amanda Dobbins
Top 10 Movies of the 2010s Sean Fennessey

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Hamnet Chloé Zhao
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Resurrection Bi Gan
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie

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