Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

Trending

Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
Mojo: The 75 Best Albums of 2025
Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
more

Our Germans

Project Paperclip and the National Security State

by Brian E. Crim

Lists

Favorite Books of 2018: Smithsonian

Trending Lists

The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
25 Best Films of 2012 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Favorite Movies of 2025 Barack Obama
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
Best Movies of 2025 IndieWire · IndieWire Poll
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode

Trending Works

Last Leg of the Human Table Cloakroom
Psychedelic Anxiety Frances Chang
A Sharp Endless Need Marisa Crane
American Sniper Clint Eastwood
The Spin Messa
Noble and Godlike in Ruin Deerhoof
Spunky! Grrrl Gang
Palabras Manuales Danay Suárez
Jay Kelly Noah Baumbach
Dawson City: Frozen Time Bill Morrison
Raven Kelela
Balloonerism Mac Miller
Natpwe: The Feast of the Spirits Tiane Doan na Champassak and Jean Dubrel
Staying Vertical Alain Guiraudie

Year-end lists are fingerprints; aggregate statistics are smudges. Therefore, we make no tallies.

About · Suggest, Correct · What are we missing? · Frequently Asked Questions

Bluesky · Mastodon · Threads · Twitter · RSS Feeds