Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Owen Gleiberman: Variety: The Best Movies of 2025
David Fear: Rolling Stone: The 20 Best Movies of 2025
Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2025
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Lists

Best 50 Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

Trending Lists

The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Favorite 50 Albums of 2012 Tiny Mix Tapes
Best International TV Shows of 2025 Mike Hale · New York Times
The Best Movies of 2025 Owen Gleiberman · Variety
21 Best TV Shows of 2016 Alan Sepinwall · Uproxx
The 20 Best Movies of 2025 David Fear · Rolling Stone
Top 20 TV Shows of 2019 Decider
Favorite 50 Albums of 2013 Tiny Mix Tapes
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
51 Favorite Music Releases of 2016 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2014 Tiny Mix Tapes
Favorite 50 Music Releases of 2018 Tiny Mix Tapes
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau

Trending Works

Rift Clara Mann
This Is the Sonics The Sonics
Birnam Wood Eleanor Catton
Highest 2 Lowest Spike Lee
Christopher Rouse: Odna Zhizn, Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 and Prospero’s Rooms New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert
Petite Maman Céline Sciamma
Floral Shoppe Macintosh Plus
Gladiator II Ridley Scott
Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin
Slow Noodles Chantha Nguon
Born to Die Lana Del Rey
Fin John Talabot
I Was Real 75 Dollar Bill
Rakshak Bloodywood

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