Year-End Lists

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

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Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
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The Phantom Band

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1. The 50 Best Albums of 2015: The Skinny
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1. Top 40 Albums of 2014: Clash
2. 51 Favourite Albums of 2014: Drowned in Sound

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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