Year-End Lists

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

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Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Mike Hale: New York Times: Best International TV Shows of 2025
Washington Post: 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction from 2025
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by Declan Ryan

Lists

Best Poetry Books of 2023: Rishi Dastidar: Guardian

Trending Lists

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

Trending Works

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

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