Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Inkoo Kang: New Yorker: The Best TV Shows of 2025
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Despicable Me 2

by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud

Lists

21 Favorite Movies of 2013: Stephanie Zacharek: Village Voice

Trending Lists

2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Inkoo Kang · New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
Top 50 Albums of 2023 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich

Trending Works

The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
New Threats from the Soul Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
We the People Jill Lepore
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Passionate Ones Nourished By Time
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
Descent & Other Poems Timothy Ogene
A House of Dynamite Kathryn Bigelow

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