Year-End Lists

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

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Kyle Smith: Wall Street Journal: The Best Movies of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
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Lists

The Best TV Shows of 2025: Nicholas Quah: New York: Vulture
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025: Consequence

Best TV Shows of 2025: James Poniewozik: New York Times
The Best TV Shows of 2025: Economist

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2022 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Movies of 2025 Kyle Smith · Wall Street Journal
50 Best Movies of 2011 Total Film
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Alan Sepinwall
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
Long Story Short
Yes! Nadav Lapid
Detroit 2 Big Sean
The Wayfinder Adam Johnson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
The Lowdown
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
Resurrection Bi Gan
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton

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