Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Vendela Vida

Lists

2021 Best Books: Maureen Corrigan: NPR: Fresh Air

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 10 Films of 2025 Ryan Swen
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Clean Slate
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Oracle Cate Marvin
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Idlewild Idlewild
The Sunshine Place

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