Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Cahiers du Cinéma: Top 10 Films of 2025
Robert Lloyd: Los Angeles Times: Best TV Shows of 2025
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Lists

The Ten Best Books of 2014: Washington Post

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
Best TV Shows of 2025 Robert Lloyd · Los Angeles Times
The 30 Best Books of 2025 New York Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2025 Economist

Trending Works

Antigone Eiko Ishibashi
American Honey Andrea Arnold
We the People Jill Lepore
The Other Side of Everything Mila Turajlic
It Was Just an Accident Jafar Panahi
Oh Gatekeeper
The Square Ruben Östlund
Golliwog Billy Woods
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
You're Weird Now Guerilla Toss
Our House on the Hill The Babies
The Unraveling of Cassidy Holmes Elissa R. Sloan
Mr. Bachmann and His Class Maria Speth
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay

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