Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Stephanie Zacharek: Time: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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I Got Here by Accident
1. Dean's List 2021: Robert Christgau
Open Book
- The Best Albums of 2019: Chris Willman: Variety

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Stephanie Zacharek · Time
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Consequence
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
Vortex Gaspar Noé
Portrait of My Heart Spellling
Flesh David Szalay
KicK iii Arca
Dept. Q
The Turin Horse Béla Tarr & Agnes Hranitzky
KICK ii Arca
XXX Danny Brown
Stage Four Touché Amoré
The Genius Myth Helen Lewis
The Rabbit Hutch Tess Gunty
The Boy Who Played the Harp Dave

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