Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Mirrorwriting

by Jamie Woon

Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2011: Gigwise
Best Albums of 2011: Guardian

Trending Lists

Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall

Trending Works

Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Oracle Cate Marvin
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Liars Sarah Manguso
The Sunshine Place
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Idlewild Idlewild
Sly Thom Zimny
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas

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