Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Jonathan Rosenbaum: Sight & Sound Poll: Ten Best Films of 2020
Guardian: The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019
Economist: The Best TV Shows of 2025
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The January Children

by Safia Elhillo

Lists

Best 25 Poetry Books of 2017: Joseph Salvatore: Brooklyn Rail

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
Ten Best Films of 2020 Jonathan Rosenbaum · Sight & Sound Poll
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
Best Films of 2025 Jonathan Rosenbaum · La Internacional Cinéfila Poll
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2024 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The Best TV Shows of 2025 Economist
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 50 Best TV Shows of 2019 Guardian
Dean's List 2025 Robert Christgau
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Albums of 2024 Jon Caramanica · New York Times

Trending Works

Azor Andreas Fontana
Inside Out 2 Kelsey Mann
Sinners Ryan Coogler
The Forgotten Space Allan Sekula and Noël Burch
Fleabag
Mrs. Fletcher
Atom Heart Mother Ali Ahmadzadeh
Sirāt Oliver Laxe
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
A Poem Is a Naked Person (1974) Les Blank
Songs from the North Soon-Mi Yoo
The Terrorizers Edward Yang
Francofonia Aleksandr Sokurov
Moana with Sound (1980) Robert J. Flaherty and Frances H. Flaherty

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