Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Alissa Wilkinson: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
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The Best Movies of 2020
20 Best Films of 2012
Top 20 Films of 2011

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The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

Incendies Denis Villeneuve
Tully Jason Reitman
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
The Topeka School Ben Lerner
Meet Me in the Bathroom Lizzy Goodman
Luck and Strange David Gilmour
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones
White Roses, My God Alan Sparhawk
Bad Mexicans Kelly Lytle Hernández
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
Vortex Veering Back to Venus Mosquitoes
A Colony in a Nation Chris Hayes
Too Far with Rachel Kaly and Robby Hoffman
On Hell Johanna Hedva

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