Year-End Lists

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

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Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

Best Films of 2021: J Hoberman: Artforum

Notable Film Releases of 2021: Glenn Kenny

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Zbig Edward Luce
The Gods of New York Jonathan Mahler
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Director Daniel Kehlmann
Strangers in the Land Michael Luo
King of Kings Scott Anderson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Resurrection Bi Gan
Motherland Julia Ioffe
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams

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