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
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Joan Didion

Let Me Tell You What I Mean
South and West
1. Best Books of 2017: Harper’s Bazaar
Blue Nights
1. Best Books of 2011: Publishers Weekly
- 100 Notable Books of 2011: New York Times: New York Times

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Oracle Cate Marvin
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Clean Slate
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Liars Sarah Manguso

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