Year-End Lists

A 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
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Spin: The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s
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Best Albums of 2024
Best Albums of 2023
Best Albums of 2022
Top 20 of 2020

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
TV Shows of the Year 2025 New Statesman
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2023 Pitchfork
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 101 Best Albums Of The 2010s Spin
Top 100 Albums of 2011 Village Voice · Pazz & Jop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Public Speaking Martin Scorsese
Mrs. Fletcher
Twin Peaks: The Return David Lynch
Annette Leos Carax
Collapse Aphex Twin
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Camp Swamp Road
Your Queen Is a Reptile Sons of Kemet
To Pimp A Butterfly Kendrick Lamar
Let Him Go Thomas Bezucha
Arrival Denis Villeneuve
The Great White Sea Eagle James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra

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