Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize

Lists

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2020 Award

Trending Lists

Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Favorite Books of 2018 Smithsonian
The 10 Best Books of 2013 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
10 Best Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
The Lowdown
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
The Coddling of the American Mind Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
What the Eyes Don’t See Mona Hanna-Attisha
The Dinosaur Artist Paige Williams
American Eden Victoria Johnson
American Prison Shane Bauer
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan

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