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
Barack Obama: Favorite Movies of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

The Best Films of 2024: Keith Phipps: The Reveal
The 12 Best Documentaries of 2024: Noel Murray: Polygon

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Pillion Harry Lighton
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Weapons Zach Cregger
Misericordia Alain Guiraudie
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Train Dreams Clint Bentley
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Sirāt Oliver Laxe

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