Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Emily St. James: Vox: The Best TV Shows of 2021
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by Eliza Barry Callahan

Lists

The Best Books of 2024: Vogue

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take
Top 100 Albums of 2025 Under the Radar
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2021 Emily St. James · Vox
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 10 Best Albums of 2015 Time
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
25 Best Films of 2025 A.V. Club
The 10 Best Books of 2019 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Ernest & Celestine Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The Endless Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Miroirs No. 3 Christian Petzold
Electric Pet Shop Boys
Everything Makes Me Sick Sex Scenes
All That Glitters Orlando Whitfield
In Covid's Wake Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee
Cool Town Grace Elizabeth Hale
End Explosions in the Sky
Marissa Nadler Marissa Nadler
Is This Thing On? Bradley Cooper
Drive Nicolas Winding Refn
There's a Monster Behind the Door Gaëlle Bélem
The Woman Next Door Yewande Omotoso

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