Year-End Lists

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

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Justin Chang: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 Washington Post
The Best TV Shows of 2024 Washington Post
Best Television Shows of 2023 Washington Post

Trending Lists

Top 50 Films of 2015 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 20 Best Albums of 2022 Mikael Wood · Los Angeles Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times

Trending Works

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Vibe Killer Endless Boogie
Time Garrett Bradley
Get Out Jordan Peele
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
What We Can Know Ian McEwan
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Evil Does Not Exist Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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