Year-End Lists

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

Movies TV Shows Music Books Poetry Podcasts

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Richard Brody: New Yorker: The Best Films of 2025
The Wire: Top 50 Albums of 2025
Sight & Sound: The 50 Best Films of 2025
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Lists

52 Favorite Books of 2016: Dennis Cooper

Trending Lists

The Best Books of 2025 Economist
Best Films of 2025 Mark Kermode
The 50 Best Films of 2025 Sight & Sound · Sight & Sound Poll
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
100 Notable Books of 2025 New York Times · New York Times
The 75 Best Albums of 2025 Mojo
The 25 Best Films of 2025 David Ehrlich
The Best Books of 2025 New Yorker
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 NME
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 20 Best TV Shows of 2023 Slant
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2022 Paste
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

I’m With You Red Hot Chili Peppers
Archipelago of the Sun Yoko Tawada
Long Story Short
A Moment in the Sun John Sayles
XXX Danny Brown
Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane
The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
The Worst Person in the World Joachim Trier
The Deep Blue Sea Terence Davies
The Big Bang Theory
The Corporation in the 21st Century John Kay
Colored Television Danzy Senna
Alpha Julia Ducournau
Stone Yard Devotional Charlotte Wood

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