Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
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Lists

Albums of the Year 2018: Quietus

2018's Best Albums: Resident Advisor
Music I Enjoyed in 2018: Sasha Frere-Jones
Top Releases of 2018: XLR8R

Trending Lists

The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx

Trending Works

I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
Rakshak Bloodywood
Fin John Talabot
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
A Grain of Wheat Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon

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