Year-End Lists

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

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Rolling Stone: The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Washington Post: The 10 Best Books of 2025
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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

by Steve James

Appears on two lists

Best Films of 2017: Jake Coyle: AP
Best Films of 2017: Chris Wells: Village Voice: Village Voice Film Poll

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
The Best TV Shows of 2023 Alison Herman · Variety
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Albums of 2017 In Review Online
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2023 Rolling Stone
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 15 Best TV Shows of 2025 Rolling Stone
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Washington Post

Trending Works

Transit Christian Petzold
Twisters: The Album various artists
B-Room Dr. Dog
Despairs Had Governed Me Too Long Skogen
Dark Waters Todd Haynes
Synonyms Nadav Lapid
Red Rooms Pascal Plante
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Pure Comedy Father John Misty
Blackstar David Bowie
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West
Pauline Kael Brian Kellow
Stranger by the Lake Alain Guiraudie

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