Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021
New York Times: 100 Notable Books of 2025
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Lists

50 Most Impressive Albums of 2014: Sasha Frere-Jones: New Yorker

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2023 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Boston Globe
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2021 Alan Sepinwall · Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

The Rider Chloé Zhao
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Backed Up
Watch the Throne Jay-Z and Kanye West
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma
How to Blow Up a Pipeline Daniel Goldhaber
We the People Jill Lepore
Chokepoints Edward Fishman
I'm Still Here Walter Salles
Fur & Loathing
Seduction Theory Emily Adrian
Anora Sean Baker
Audition Katie Kitamura
Guitar Solos / Fifty Fred Frith

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