Year-End Lists

A hand-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
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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Lists

The 20 Most Essential Podcasts of 2025: Lauren Passell: Lifehacker
The Best Podcasts of 2024: Economist

Trending Lists

The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
Patterns in Mythology Falls of Rauros
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Dragon Peter Chan
Operation Avalanche Matt Johnson
Welcome 2 Club XIII Drive-By Truckers
ReBirth.Theory Sol ChYld
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
RMX/RBN Robyn
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard
Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Gemini Rights Steve Lacy
Revengeseekerz Jane Remover
Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley

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