Year-End Lists

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

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New Yorker: The Best Books of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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1. Top 50 Albums of 2019: The Wire
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- 100 Favorite Albums of 2016: Sasha Frere-Jones

Trending Lists

Top 100 Films of the 2010s In Review Online
50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025 Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2024 Mark Kermode
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2024 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork

Trending Works

One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Tár Todd Field
Boom Town Sam Anderson
Monsoon Hong Khaou
The Thinking Machine Stephen Witt
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Los Thuthanaka Los Thuthanaka
Submit X Gesloten Cirkel
Long Story Short
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Hallow Road Babak Anvari
Premature Rashaad Ernesto Green
Predators David Osit
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Apichatpong Weerasethakul

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