Year-End Lists

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

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Photographic Memory

by Ross McElwee

Lists

15 Best Films of 2012: Noel Murray: A.V. Club

Top 20 Films of 2012: Nick Schager: Slant

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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