Year-End Lists

A 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
Billboard: The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024
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by Charlotte Day Wilson

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50 Best Albums of 2021: Exclaim
The 100 Best Albums of 2021: Albumism

Trending Lists

Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
Top 50 Albums of 2019 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
20 Best Movies of 2012 Roger Ebert · Chicago Sun-Times
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Paste
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post

Trending Works

Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg
Nope Jordan Peele
Jackass Forever Jeff Tremaine
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
Barbie Greta Gerwig
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
Sex Education
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
Bombshell
The English Hugo Blick
Pacifiction Albert Serra

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