Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Positive Obsession

The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

by Susana M. Morris

Lists

The Best Nonfiction of 2025: BookPage

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Poetry Books of 2024 Elisa Gabbert · New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2024 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire

Trending Works

Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Assisted Living Nikanor Teratologen
Sport Powell
Peak Human Johan Norberg
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
The Card Counter Paul Schrader
Body High Lucki Eck$
XXX Danny Brown
Perfect Days Wim Wenders
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Book of Wounded Sparrows Octavio Quintanilla
Dexter: Resurrection
I Only Rest in the Storm Pedro Pinho
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma

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