Year-End Lists

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

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The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Alan Sepinwall: The Best TV Shows of 2025
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I, Warbot

The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict

by Kenneth Payne

Lists

The Best Books of 2021: Economist

Trending Lists

The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
80 Best Albums of 2025 Uncut
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 15 Best Films of 2025 Cory Woodroof · USA Today · For the Win
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Fiction 2025 Kirkus Reviews · Kirkus Prize
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Films of 2025 Justin Chang · New Yorker
2025 Dublin Literary Award
Best Films of 2025 Sean Fennessey

Trending Works

Sly Thom Zimny
Blue Moon Richard Linklater
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
A Stranger’s Mirror Marilyn Hacker
Anna’s War Aleksei Fedorchenko
The Sunshine Place
Idlewild Idlewild
Diamond Eyes Deftones
Half Eaten By Dogs The Serfs
Post Tenebras Lux Carlos Reygadas
Fingernails Christos Nikou
Clean Slate
The Mastermind Kelly Reichardt
Boom Town Sam Anderson

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