Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
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Born to Be Posthumous

The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

by Mark Dery

Lists

Best Books of 2018: Paste

100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Getting Killed Geese
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Boom Town Sam Anderson
555/666/777 Los Angeles
The Ministry of Time Kaliane Bradley
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Marty Supreme Josh Safdie
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Pianoon Limpe Fuchs
Shock Test…A Night of Truth: Bill Hicks & Timothy McVeigh Meet at Waco w/ Guest Lecturers: William Cooper & Ted Kaczynski Sean Kilpatrick

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