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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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Luminarium

by Alex Shakar

Lists

Best Books of 2011: Publishers Weekly

Fiction 2012: Carnegie Medal

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Favorite Books of 2019 Smithsonian
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
The Lowdown
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
American Eden Victoria Johnson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
American Prison Shane Bauer
Boom Town Sam Anderson
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
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