Year-End Lists

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

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Top Films of 2019: Steven D. Greydanus: National Catholic Register
The 25 Best Films of 2019: Glenn Kenny
The 10 Best Films of 2019: David Morgan: CBS News

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Francesca David Murray Quartet
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
Oracle Cate Marvin
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Liars Sarah Manguso
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko

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