Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Manohla Dargis: New York Times: Best Movies of 2025
Pitchfork: The 50 Best Albums of 2025
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Vice Principals

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18 Best TV Shows of 2017: Emily St. James: Vox

Trending Lists

100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
2025 Award Dylan Thomas Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Paste

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
Hi Texas
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
Alpha Julia Ducournau
American Crime Story
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Face Down in the Garden Tennis
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
I Swear Kirk Jones

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