Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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The BFG

by Steven Spielberg

Lists

15 Favorite Films of 2016: Keith Uhlich
25 Best Films of 2016: Little White Lies

Top Ten Films of 2016: Jeffrey M. Anderson: Combustible Celluloid

Trending Lists

Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
50 Favorite Music Releases of 2017 Tiny Mix Tapes

Trending Works

Fly or Die Fly or Die Fly or Die ((world war)) Jaimie Branch
La 167 Farruko
Not My White Savior Julayne Lee
The Collapse of Everything Adrian Sherwood
Le Kov Gwenno
Death Farm Carl Hauck
To Smithereens Rosalyn Drexler
Catherine Called Birdy Lena Dunham
Hijack
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us Hanif Abdurraqib
John & Paul Ian Leslie
On Savage Shores Caroline Dodds Pennock
Witness Kronos Quartet / Mary Kouyoumdjian
Figure In Blue Charles Lloyd

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