Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Slant: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound Poll: Ten Best Films of 2020
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by James Vanderbilt

Lists

Best Films of 2025: Sean Fennessey

10 Best Movies of 2025: Odie Henderson: Boston Globe
Top Ten Films of 2025: Nell Minow: RogerEbert.com

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Pareles · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

The Forgotten Space Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Doga Juana Molina
1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
Sinners Ryan Coogler
In the Summers Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio
Stranger Things
Fleabag
The Breaker Little Big Town
Not Here/Not Now Swans
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh

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