Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Billboard: The Best 50 Albums of 2025
Rolling Stone: The 100 Best Albums of 2025
David Ehrlich: The 25 Best Films of 2025
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by P. Djèlí Clark

Lists

The Best Books of 2020: Harper’s Bazaar
The Best Books Of 2020: Bustle

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2018 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 25 Best Films of 2022 David Ehrlich
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The Best Music of 2022 Jennifer Lucy Allan · Quietus
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best 50 Albums of 2025 Billboard
Top 50 Albums of 2017 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Peter Travers · The Travers Take

Trending Works

Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Vincent Le Port
The Chronology of Water Kristen Stewart
Raising Hare Chloe Dalton
Careless People Sarah Wynn-Williams
The Traitors Circle Jonathan Freedland
Flesh David Szalay
Ripley Steven Zaillian
Tár Todd Field
Happyend Neo Sora
Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos
Visions of Bodies Being Burned clipping.
Camila Camila Cabello
XXX Danny Brown
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad

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