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
Kirkus Reviews: Fiction 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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1. 100 Favorite Metal Albums of the Decade: A.A. Dowd
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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: Treble

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

Fancy That PinkPantheress
The Testament of Ann Lee Mona Fastvold
The Assassin Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Into the Raging Sea Rachel Slade
King of Kings Scott Anderson
Paddington 2 Paul King
Sorry, Baby Eva Victor
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
American Eden Victoria Johnson
How to Change Your Mind Michael Pollan
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Sentimental Value Joachim Trier
No Other Choice Park Chan-wook

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