Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
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by Amanda Nadelberg

Lists

Top 40 Poetry Books of 2012: Coldfront

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

Three Girls from Bronzeville Dawn Turner
Plowing Into the Field of Love Iceage
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Evolution Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Premature Rashaad Ernesto Green
Brat Charli XCX
Thirteen Lives Ron Howard
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
Die My Love Lynne Ramsay
Bell Bottom Country Lainey Wilson
Goat Girl Goat Girl
Predators David Osit
Urchin Harris Dickinson
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho

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