Year-End Lists

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

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Alison Herman: Variety: The Best TV Shows of 2023
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
In Review Online: Best Albums of 2017
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by Sam Smith

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The 50 Best Albums of 2020: Billboard

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Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Alison Herman · Variety

Trending Works

Red Rooms Pascal Plante
Blackstar David Bowie
Twisters: The Album various artists
Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album John Coltrane
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Dark Waters Todd Haynes
B-Room Dr. Dog
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
936 Peaking Lights
Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long Skogen
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Transit Christian Petzold
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie

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