Year-End Lists

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

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Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2024 Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2023 Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2022 Slate
The Best Books of 2021 Slate
The Best Books of 2020 Slate
The 10 Best Books of 2019 Slate
10 Best Books of 2018 Slate
10 Favorite Books of 2017 Slate

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top Ten Films of 2023 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top Ten Films of 2021 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Long Story Short
Detroit 2 Big Sean
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Touch Tortoise
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Resurrection Bi Gan
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt

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