Year-End Lists

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

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Consequence: The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025
Economist: The Best Books of 2025
Ann Hornaday: Washington Post: The 10 Best Movies of 2025
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by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

Lists

50 Notable Works of Fiction in 2021: Washington Post

Trending Lists

Best Films of 2025 Vadim Rizov · Film Comment · Film Comment Poll
The 50 Best Albums of 2025 Pitchfork
The 100 Best Albums of 2025 Rolling Stone
The 25 Best TV Shows of 2025 Consequence
Best Movies of 2025 Manohla Dargis · New York Times
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 Ann Hornaday · Washington Post
Top 50 Albums of 2025 The Wire
The 50 Best Albums of 2024 Complex
The Best Books of 2025 Economist
The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Pitchfork
The Best Films of 2025 Richard Brody · New Yorker
The 10 Best Books of 2024 Wall Street Journal
Top 10 Films of 2025 Cahiers du Cinéma
Top 50 Albums of 2025 Anthony Fantano · The Needle Drop

Trending Works

In Place of Monuments Naima Ramos-Chapman
Cloud Kiyoshi Kurosawa
One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
The Rider Chloé Zhao
April Déa Kulumbegashvili
Buckley Sam Tanenhaus
Lady Bird Greta Gerwig
Zama Lucrecia Martel
Marriage Story Noah Baumbach
Tim: Let It Bleed Edition The Replacements
Il Buco Michelangelo Frammartino
Weapons Zach Cregger
The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho
New Shadows Jerry David DeCicca

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