Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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John Waters: New York: The Best Movies of 2025
Maureen Corrigan: NPR: 10 Favorite Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Less Is Lost
1. The Best Books of 2022: Esquire
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1. The Best Books of the 2010s: Esquire

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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