Year-End Lists

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

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Sean Fennessey: Best Movies of 2023
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best TV Shows of 2025
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Lists

10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved in 2025: Nicholas Quah: New York: Vulture

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker
The 20 Best Podcasts of 2025: Benjamin Cannon: Atlantic

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
115 Favorite Albums Of 2025 Hanif Abdurraqib
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2023 The Wire
25 Best Films of 2013 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2023 Sean Fennessey
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

We Need to Talk About Kevin Lynne Ramsay
An Elephant Sitting Still Hu Bo
XXX Danny Brown
Into It with Sam Sanders
The Midnight Sky George Clooney
Land Ho! Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz
The Lazarus Heist
Keyhole Guy Maddin
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
The Hour of the Predator Giuliano da Empoli
Misinterpretation Ledia Xhoga
A Murder at the End of the World
Get Millie Black
Somewhere Boy

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