Year-End Lists

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

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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Cage the Elephant

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- Top 10 Albums of 2011: Jason Bentley: KCRW

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey
The 25 Best Films of 2024 David Ehrlich
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
Best Movies of 2023 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
XXX Danny Brown
Tourist / Sleeper Seams
The Video Archives Podcast with Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
I Deliver Parcels in Beijing Hu Anyan
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Scrapyard Quadeca
Alpha Julia Ducournau
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Materialists Celine Song
Meltdown Mind Spiders
Nabuma Rubberband Little Dragon
The Lowdown

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