Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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Best TV Shows of 2025: Kelly Lawler: USA Today
The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025: TV Guide
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2024: Polygon

Trending Lists

Nonfiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2024 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 NME
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize

Trending Works

Resurrection Bi Gan
28 Years Later Danny Boyle
Nope Jordan Peele
The Winter Soldier Daniel Mason
Caught by the Tides Jia Zhang-ke
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Poison Squad Deborah Blum
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Fear of a Black Universe Stephon Alexander
(II) Crystal Castles
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Eddington Ari Aster
Passin’ Thru Charles Lloyd New Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater

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