Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
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Lists

Albums of the Year 2025
UK Albums of the Year 2024
UK Albums of the Year 2023
UK Albums of the Year 2022
US Albums of the Year 2021
Albums of the Year 2020
Albums of the Year 2019

Trending Lists

The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2019 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

Weapons Zach Cregger
Nope Jordan Peele
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
The Holdovers Alexander Payne
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
The Pachinko Parlour Elisa Shua Dusapin
Dark Renaissance Stephen Greenblatt
The Life of Chuck Mike Flanagan
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
The CIA Book Club Charlie English
False Dawn George Selgin
All is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade Of Monsters and Men
Resurrection Bi Gan
Monkey Man Dev Patel

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