Year-End Lists

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

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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The Event

by Sergei Loznitsa

Lists

Favorite Films of 2017: Scout Tafoya

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
10 Best Books of 2017 Library Journal
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Fiction and Nonfiction of 2018 Wall Street Journal
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker

Trending Works

The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Common Side Effects
Pillion Harry Lighton
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
American Eden Victoria Johnson
Blade Runner 2049 Denis Villeneuve
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
Boom Town Sam Anderson
A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping Sangu Mandanna
Phantom Thread Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum

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