Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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1. Top 140 Albums of 2014: Under the Radar
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1. Top Albums of 2011: James Reed: Boston Globe

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Favorite Fifteen Films of 2014 Marya E. Gates
The Best Movies of 2025 John Waters · New York · Vulture
Best Albums of 2024 Obscure Sound
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Records of the Year 2011 Rise
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Podcasts of 2021 Entertainment Weekly
Favorite Books of 2019 Barack Obama
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Kiran Desai
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Stronger Than the Truth Reba McEntire
Outside Noise Ted Fendt
Wonderstruck Todd Haynes
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Held Anne Michaels
Rakshak Bloodywood
On the Calculation of Volume Solvej Balle
Connie Live Low Cut Connie
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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