Year-End Lists

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

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Consequence: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound Poll: Ten Best Films of 2020
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
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by Mary Oliver

Lists

16 Best Poetry Books of 2015: BuzzFeed
15 Best Books of 2015: Maria Popova

11 Best Poetry Books of 2015: Kansas City Star

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Pitchfork
100 Notable Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Pareles · New York Times
10 Best Books of 2025 Publishers Weekly
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
The 50 Best Films of 2022 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 25 Best Films of 2025 Slant
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence

Trending Works

1929 Andrew Ross Sorkin
Declaration of War Valérie Donzelli
The Forgotten Space Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
365 Stories I Want To Tell You Before We Both Die Caveh Zahedi
Doga Juana Molina
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
Instant Life Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, Andrew Kim
The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Sinners Ryan Coogler
Fleabag
Stranger Things
The Tree of Life Terrence Malick
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh

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