Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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The Best Movies of 2020
20 Best Films of 2012
Top 20 Films of 2011

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
American Prison Shane Bauer
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Beneath a Ruthless Sun Gilbert King
Hippie Food Jonathan Kauffman
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Getting Killed Geese
Sound of Falling Mascha Schilinski
Pavements Alex Ross Perry

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