Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: La Internacional Cinéfila Poll: Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
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Our 50 Favorite Albums of 2023: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Mary Bronstein
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Clean Slate
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Idlewild Idlewild
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Fingernails Christos Nikou
The Sunshine Place
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Oracle Cate Marvin
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs

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