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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Top 10 Films of 2020 Film Society of Lincoln Center
Favorite Films of 2017 Film Society of Lincoln Center

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Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows & Mini-Series of the 2010s The Playlist
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Doga Juana Molina
Close Steve Tibbetts
Ruin, Blossom John Burnside
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Open Close Sam Prekop
Die to Wake Up from a Dream MF Tomlinson
Swimming Sam Moss
Come and See Gurriers
Dead Meat The Tubs
Tchotchke Tchotchke
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Sierra Falconer
Madwoman Chelsea Bieker
King Coal Elaine McMillion Sheldon

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