Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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The Field

Infinite Moment
- Top Releases of 2018: XLR8R
The Follower
1. 60 Best Albums of 2016: Pretty Much Amazing
Cupid’s Head
1. 50 Best Albums of 2013: Stereogum
2. Albums of the Year 2013: Crack Magazine
Looping State of Mind

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Top 15 Films of 2012 Cinema Scope
Top 50 Albums of 2024 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best TV Shows of 2023 Judy Berman · Time
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
100 Notable Books of 2018 New York Times · New York Times
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll

Trending Works

Man-Eating Typewriter Richard Milward
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Boom Town Sam Anderson
The Sunshine Place
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
Sly Thom Zimny
Liars Sarah Manguso
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Clean Slate
Idlewild Idlewild
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
HeidiWorld: The Heidi Fleiss Story

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