Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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by Christopher Radcliff

Lists

Best Movies of 2025: Nicole Brenez: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 A.A. Dowd
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2025 Ben Kenigsberg · RogerEbert.com

Trending Works

Boom Town Sam Anderson
Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack various artists
A Still Small Voice Luke Lorentzen
The Color Wheel Alex Ross Perry
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Idlewild Idlewild
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Splitsville Michael Angelo Covino
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi

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