Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
A.V. Club: 25 Best Films of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
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Alphabetical Diaries

by Sheila Heti

Alphabetical Diaries - Sheila Heti

Lists

The 15 Best Books of 2024: Los Angeles Times
Best Nonfiction of 2024: Electric Lit
The Best Books of 2024: Our Culture
The 20 Best Books of 2024: New Statesman

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Best Albums of 2018 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
In the Dark
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming M83
The Beast Bertrand Bonello
Special Lizzo
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
House of Huawei Eva Dou
Beanpole Kantemir Balagov
Dinner in America Adam Rehmeier
Now Jazz Now Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore
Baby I'm the Wolf Ha Vay
A Star Is Born Soundtrack Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
What We Can Know Ian McEwan

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