Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times: 20 Best Movies of 2012
Quietus: Albums of the Year 2025
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Girlhood

Girlhood
1. 93 Favorite Albums Of 2020: Hanif Abdurraqib
Girlhood Vol. 1
- 27 Albums That Made Our 2017: gal-dem

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
20 Best Movies of 2012 Roger Ebert · Chicago Sun-Times
The 25 Best Films of 2024 A.V. Club
Albums of the Year 2025 Quietus
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2024 Washington Post
Best Fiction of 2025 Maria Crawford · Financial Times
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 100 Greatest Albums of the 2010s Billboard
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2023 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma

Trending Works

The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg
Beautyland Marie-Helene Bertino
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
All the Cities of the North Dane Komljen
Meek’s Cutoff Kelly Reichardt
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Son of Saul László Nemes
Top Gun: Maverick Joseph Kosinski
Paris 05:59: Théo & Hugo Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau
Sex Education
Vertières I, II, III Louise Botkay
Nope Jordan Peele
The English Hugo Blick

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