Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by Ry Russo-Young

Lists

Best of TV 2021: Inkoo Kang: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2019 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Dope Thief
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
GoldenHeart Dawn Richard
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Her Spike Jonze
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook
Let God Sort Em Out Clipse
2020 Richard Dawson

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