Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Sean Fennessey: Best Films of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Cory Woodroof: USA Today: The 15 Best Films of 2025
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After Hours
- 2022 Year in Review: Aquarium Drunkard
This Is Steve
1. 50 Best Albums of 2017: Uproxx
Wondervisions
1. 30 Best Albums of 2011: I Guess I’m Floating

Trending Lists

Top Ten Films of 2024 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2025 Wall Street Journal
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Weapons Zach Cregger
Francesca David Murray Quartet
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Mountainhead Jesse Armstrong
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Idlewild Idlewild

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