Year-End Lists

A 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
Economist: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2024
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Essential Essays

Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry

by Adrienne Rich

Lists

100 Recommended Books of 2018: San Francisco Chronicle
Favorite Books of 2018: Lit Hub

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 5 Films of 2012 David Thompson · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 100 Best TV Shows of the 2010s Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2024 The Wire
100 Best Albums of the 2010s Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Such Color Tracy K. Smith
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Direct Action Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Radu Jude
Nothing Lasts Forever Teenage Fanclub
I Wish I Knew (2010) Jia Zhang-ke
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
How to Have Sex Molly Manning Walker
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood
Train Dreams Clint Bentley

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