Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Mark Kermode: Best Films of 2025
New York Times: The 10 Best Books of 2022
Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop: Top 50 Albums of 2025
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The Meaning of Michelle

16 Writers on the Iconic First Lady and How Her Journey Inspires Our Own

by Veronica Chambers

Appears on one list

Top 20 Books of 2017: Time

Trending Lists

Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop
The 10 Best Books of 2022 New York Times · New York Times
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The Best Books of 2024 Economist
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Guardian
The 10 Best Books of 2023 New York Times · New York Times

Trending Works

Ailey Jamila Wignot
Michel Petrucciani Michael Radford
Bring Your Own Brigade Lucy Walker
The Holdovers Alexander Payne
Excavation The Haxan Cloak
Close Lukas Dhont
Ace Attorney Takashi Miike
The Power of the Dog Jane Campion
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Adults
Afternoons of Solitude Albert Serra
I Saw the TV Glow Jane Schoenbrun
France Bruno Dumont
The Lowdown

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