Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Film School Rejects

Lists

The 100 Best Movies of the 2010s
50 Best Movies of 2018
Best Movies Directed By Women in 2018 Valerie Ettenhofer
Best Movies of 2017

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 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
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Brat Charli XCX
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard
Premature Rashaad Ernesto Green
Evolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Urchin Harris Dickinson
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage
Predators David Osit
Goat Girl Goat Girl
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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